86 066
Fashion Jobs
L'OREAL GROUP
Account Executive
Permanent · SAN JOSE
L'OREAL GROUP
Fsvp, National Accounts
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Assistant Vice President, o+o Data & Insights - l'Oreal Corporate Digital & Marketing Office
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Avp, Brand Engagement, Garnier us
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Director, National Accounts, Walgreens
Permanent · DEERFIELD
L'OREAL GROUP
Director, Brand Engagement Lead – Essie us
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Director, Eboutique – IT Cosmetics
Permanent · JERSEY CITY
L'OREAL GROUP
Kiehls LA - PT Keyholder - 0000026307
Permanent · LOS ANGELES
L'OREAL GROUP
Director of Marketing, Beauty Tech
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Global Marketing Director, l’Oreal Paris (Hair)
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Account Executive - Skinceuticals (Pittsburgh)
Permanent · PITTSBURGH
L'OREAL GROUP
Business Development Manager, Kerastase
Permanent · SAN FRANCISCO
L'OREAL GROUP
Accounting Director Latin America
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Director, Media Operations & Partnerships - l'Oreal Luxury Products Division
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Director, Application Security
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
Director, Managed Platforms Lead
Permanent · BERKELEY HEIGHTS
L'OREAL GROUP
Assistant Vice President, Revenue Growth Management
Permanent · NEW YORK
L'OREAL GROUP
IT Cosmetics Retail Activation And Engagement Ambassador, 1.0, Manchester (37.5 Hours)
Permanent · MANCHESTER
L'OREAL GROUP
Accounts Payable Administrator
Permanent · TAMPA
L'OREAL GROUP
Kiehls - PT Keyholder - Chestnut Hill 1003600
Permanent · NEWTON
L'OREAL GROUP
Keyholder - Outlet Store (PT)
Permanent · TINTON FALLS
COTY
Marketing Director
Permanent · NEW YORK
Published
Jan 22, 2019
Reading time
2 minutes
Download
Download the article
Print
Text size

Giambattista Valli is going around in circles

Published
Jan 22, 2019

Giambattista Valli, who has proved he can do tailoring and cut with real aplomb, needs, quite simply, to move.


Giambattista Valli - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2019 - Paris - Photo: Giambattista Valli


He staged a very charming couture collection inside the Pompidou Centre on a freezing Monday night in Paris. Yet, one could not help thinking it was all far, far too familiar.
 
Initially, one held out hope that Valli would finally break the mold with this show. He opened with some really exceptionally punchy and clever looks, sleek ensembles of glitteringly embroidered mini skirts paired with cristal ramage stops. One worn with a Turkish fez was truly sensational, adding a risqué, hotter quotient to Giambattista’s oeuvre. 

It kicked off the show well before a cool audience that included Victoria’s Secret model Cindy Bruna in demure white lace; actress Kate Beckinsale; Olivia Palermo; Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and the truly ubiquitous Chiara Ferragni.
 
However, Valli then almost immediately reverted to type. Showing some superbly made – but again very recognizable – voluminous ball-gowns, diaphanous dresses and tent-like evening gowns so large you could hide a classroom of school children beneath them.
 

Giambattista Valli - Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2019 - Paris - Photo: Giambattista Valli


Many of them looked beautiful, especially the remarkable sculpted dresses made of dense tulle. But there was no real sense of a designer stretching himself; actually building a complete modern wardrobe. Something all of us would be very curious to see given Valli’s unquestioned talent.
 
The French have a term for it: tourner en rond, meaning to go around in circles. And the sand in the gears is this designer’s own refusal to truly stretch himself into newer forms.
 
In a word, Giambattista Valli’s fashion needs a new paradigm.

Copyright © 2024 FashionNetwork.com All rights reserved.