I'm Le Gardin d'Eden dress, "a zirconium-colored tulle dress, embroidered in silk threads, with a scene of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden inspired by the painting "Adam and Eve" by Lucas Cranach in 1526, taking 2,200 hours to hand embroider" from Valentino spring 2014 couture collection. The whole fashion show was inspired by opera - fifty-five looks for fifty-five operas. The designers, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli went for a different approach this time, the show opened with a nod to Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata. Chiuri explained, "we wanted to describe the character of each [opera's] protagonist in a primordial way." The connections were sometimes tenuous, but that didn't detract from the austere beauty of simply draped silk marocain dresses in earthy shades of sienna, green, and mahogany. "The surprise was all the animals—a veritable menagerie of them, or as the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns would've had it, a carnaval des animaux. A swan, a snake, and a peacock made from feathers that wrapped around the waistline of ballerina tutus…lions and elephants on a double-face cashmere dress and a coat (not embroidered, mind you, but built into the fabric of the garments, like a puzzle)…even a gorilla and its baby were spotted tucked amid the leather floral appliqués of an organza cape."
(from Style.com)
other Valentino S/S14 couture collection dresses:
interesting Valentino facts:
* his first job was with couturier Jean Desses in 1950 – he was just 18 years old
* Valentino launched his first collection and salon in Rome in 1960; he was famous for his full-length skirts, which stood out from the minis that were popular at the time
* a serious dog lover, Valentino owns six pugs: Milton, Monty, Maude, Margot, Maggie, and Molly
* he designed the dress that Jackie Kennedy wore to marry Aristotle Onassis
* he made a cameo appearance in The Devil Wears Prada, alongside Meryl Streep who played fictional American Vogue editor Miranda Priestly
(facts found at College Fashion and Vogue)
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