Valentino presents the new Valentino book at Gagosian Gallery in Paris. An installation including a selection of the book photographs will be on display alongside some of Valentino iconic accessories.
With specially commissioned photography, this unprecedented volume celebrates a legacy of accessories design by the legendary Couture House of Valentino.
This lavish tribute to the Couture House of Valentino’s accessories line is exceptionally timely: since the long-time accessories team, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, took over as the Creative Directors for Valentino back in 2008, the house has experienced record-breaking success and received international acclaim. Known for their daring approach redefining femininity, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s continuance of accessories design has only magnified the line’s popularity.
Equally important is Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s transformation of traditional Italian handcraftsmanship into a new international barometer of glamorous design. By infusing the highest quality materials and crafts with streetwise attitude, their accessories have become some of the most coveted items in the fashion world.
“This book is a tale of beauty and fear, contemporaneity and tradition, dreams and nightmares, the fantastical and the everyday, the sublime and the banal” – Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli
Valentino: Objects of Couture, edited by art critic Francesco Bonami, showcases commissioned images and artworks by various well-known artists - David Bailey, Luisa Lambri, Nobuyoshi Araki, Duane Michals, Scheltens & Abbenes, Philip-Lorca di Corcia and Douglas Gordon - of over 300 of the house of Valentino’s most well-known accessory designs.
208 pages
250 color & black/white illustrations
Deluxe edition, available exclusively in Valentino Boutiques, $ 125
Trade edition, available at selected book retailers worldwide, $ 75
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