Milan Fashion Week: Valentino closed with creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli’s spring/summer 2021 women’s and men’s collection – a live runway show in front of an actual audience
Valentino’s spring/summer 2021 women’s and men’s collection –presented during Milan Fashion Week in a live runway show away from the brand’s usual Paris launch location – featured lush, romantic fashion with floral and edgy detailing, with entertainment by British singer Labrinth
Those who did make it to Milan got to see fashion without being squeezed on both sides, while also submitting to frequent temperature checks, mandatory mask wearing and the signing of many Covid-19 liability waivers.
The silver lining of the virus-induced travel difficulties that kept many people from travelling to Milan Fashion Week from abroad: They also kept Rome-based Valentino from making the transalpine trip to the fashion house’s usual show venue in Paris.
For his first-ever Milan show, creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli chose a disused foundry as the backdrop for the lush, romantic collection in the fashion language of lattice and lace; floral detailing and bold prints; ruffles and fringe. But there was also an urban edge in mini-hemlines and studded detailing.
