Valentino Womenswear

Romance. Elegance. Time-honoured craftsmanship. Wearing Valentino designer womenswear is like starring in your own high budget fairy tale. Crowned as ‘The Sheik of Chic’, Valentino Garavani displayed an early interest in fashion and relocated to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Upon his return to Rome, Valentino set up his own label and debuted his first couture collection in 1962 which garnered attention from the likes of Jackie O and Audrey Hepburn. Adored by notable socialites, aristocrats and celebrities, the Italian mastermind spent the following decades perfecting his craft and becoming a true innovator of the feminine form, for which he was awarded a French Legion of Honor medal in 2006. Since his retirement, the time-honoured craftsmanship and artisan techniques discovered by Valentino live on through the current creative director Pier Paolo Piccioli, and the collection for SS17 is characterised by acid hues of pink and violet - with accents of what The People refer to as 'rebellion'- patent, tulle... But refined as ever. And of course peppered with some women's Valentino trainers.