Once owning a red Valentino dress - new photos from Valentino Rosso book by Assouline, Oct. 22

Fashion, 26 October 2022

New Valentino book Rosso by Assouline. Every wardrobe should have a red dress and if it does, this dress should be by Valentino. Alethea Magazine features new images from Rosso about the most passionate, seductive, powerful and culturally symbolic colour in the fashion world.

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Düsseldorf, 26 October 2022: A woman's wardrobe should have some essential components like a black elegant dress, a designer handbag...one could continue this list endlessly. But every wardrobe should also have a red dress and if it does, that dress should be Valentino. A red Valentino dress is legendary. For the founder of Maison Valentino, seeing a lady in a red dress at an opera one evening was a key element. The love of the red dress was passed on and today there are over 500 Valentino reds in the archive. For the designers of the Maison, from founder Valentino Garavani to the current sole designer since 2016, Pierpaolo Piccioli, red is the most passionate, seductive, powerful and culturally symbolic colour.

A further development of red is PP Pink, an artistic movement with which Piccioli emotionalises people far beyond fashion. Back to the red dress: in cooperation with art book publisher Assouline, Maison Valentino gives an insight into its archive and shows the most iconic red creations of dresses, handbags and accessories in a definitive catalogue. The texts are by Charlie Porter, writer and curator, whose most recent book is What Artists Wear. He writes for titles such as the Financial Times, the New York Times, i-D, The Guardian, British GQ and was a judge for the Turner Prize 2019.

Alethea had previously reported on Rosso. Now the Maison has released new photos from the book that are so beautiful we have to show them all.

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Düsseldorf, 26. Oktober 2022: Die Garderobe einer Frau sollte einige essenzielle Bestandteile haben wie ein schwarzes elegantes Kleid, eine Designerhandtasche …man könnte diese Liste endlos fortsetzen. Jede Garderobe sollte aber auch ein rotes Kleid haben und wenn, dann sollte dieses Kleid von Valentino sein. Ein rotes Valentino Kleid ist legendär. Für den Gründer des Maison Valentino war es ein Schlüsselelement, eines Abends eine Dame in einem roten Kleid in einer Oper gesehen zu haben. Die Liebe zum roten Kleid wurde weitergegeben und heute gibt es im Archiv über 500 Valentino Rottönen. Für die Designer des Maison, vom Gründer Valentino Garavani bis hin zum jetzigen Alleindesigner seit 2016, Pierpaolo Piccioli, ist Rot die leidenschaftlichste, verführerischste, kraftvollste und kulturell symbolträchtigste Farbe.

Eine Weiterentwicklung von Rot ist das PP Pink, eine künstlerische Bewegung, mit der Piccioli die Menschen emotionalisiert weit über Mode hinaus. Zurück zum roten Kleid: In Kooperationen mit Kunstbuchverlag Assouline gibt Maison Valentino Einblick in sein Archiv und zeigt in einem endgültigen Katalog die ikonischsten roten Kreationen der Kleider, Handtaschen und Accessoires. Die Texte stammen von Charlie Porter, Schriftsteller und Kurator, dessen jüngstes Buch What Artists Wear ist. Er schreibt für Titel wie die Financial Times, die New York Times, i-D, The Guardian, British GQ und war Jurymitglied für den Turner Prize 2019.

Alethea hatte bereits über Rosso berichtet. Nun hat das Maison neue Fotos aus dem Buch veröffentlicht, die so schön sind, dass wir sie alle zeigen müssen.

Prêt-À-Porter Fall-Winter 2007-08, mod 80.

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Prêt-À-Porter Fall-Winter 1987-88, mod 372.

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Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2015, mod 11-A12, Sur la terre des Dieux.

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Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2020, mod 56-a7 Bianca, Rita.

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Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2019,

mod 61-AI13 Ibisco rosso.

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Haute Couture Fall-Winter

2002-03, mod 164.

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Beijing Haute Couture 2019, mod 36- I10 Maria Grazia, Fernando, Federica, Serena.

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Valentino Des Ateliers Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2021-22, mod 43-U4 Monica, Nicola, Lucia, Maria, Stefano, Alice, Alessandro.

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Valentino Rosso by Assouline

Text by Charlie Porter

12 x 15.5 in. - 30.5 x 39 cm. | 304 pages | over 200 illustrations

silk hardcover in a luxury slipcase | ISBN: 9781649801807

$250 – €250 – £195

OCTOBER 2022

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