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Pantone and Valentino Debut ‘Valentino Pink PP’ at Paris Fashion Week

Chi-town girl — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:22:28 GMT

I have some hot pink fashion items in my wardrobe - love the pop of color with basics such as gray, cream, brown, black

From this Valentino collection, my pick's include the tote handbag and the long coats, wow 💓

Pierpaolo Piccioli unveiled an autumn/winter 2022 Valentino collection at Paris Fashion Week that was entirely pink and black, and designed to encourage a “moment of reflection”. British Vogue’s fashion critic Anders Christian Madsen reports.

The show was all pink and black

This season’s Valentino collection was entirely pink and black. “I was fascinated by the idea of having this moment of reflection and digging deeper,” Pierpaolo Piccioli said during a preview. Presented in a huge space painted to match the exact pink of the collection, his idea was to intensify the senses and make us look at the details of each garment – the silhouette, the neckline, the surface decoration – rather than focusing on “looks”. Ultimately, he said, he wanted the character of each model to stand out, rather than what their appearance represented.

The effect was meant to increase ways of seeing

“I wanted a moment of reflection: to think about what’s going on,” Piccioli said. “I was reading a book about Fontana [the Italian artist and Spatialist], who used to cut up his work – not in order to destroy it but to build new opportunities; new dimensions,” the designer went on. “You know when you see a book of black and white portraits, after two or three pages you know it’s a black and white portrait book, so you don’t expect to see blonde hair and blue eyes? You go deeper into expressions: wrinkles… I wanted to get that feeling.” Once the eye adjusted to all that pink, the effect did work. You noticed the details of garments, and looked at the models’ faces.

The collection elevated and expanded everyday codes

Scored with different versions of Yazoo’s “Only You” – a nod to Piccioli’s individuality-highlighting premise – the collection continued his couture-ification of everyday codes, adapted for ready-to-wear. A t-shirt elongated into a draped minidress, a sporty jumpsuit morphed into a formalwear silhouette, and a generational cargo suit was imbued with a glamorous hourglass shape. Menswear dealt in the very oversized, from giant suits to puffer coats and highly embellished transparent evening tops, all of which will be sold in stores in just pink and black, the way it was presented, Piccioli vowed.

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Chi-town girl — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:23:31 GMT

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ROMARY — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:56:21 GMT

I've always loved pink with black!

These choices are a bit too bright (for me), but toned down, yes.

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teganslaw — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:03:16 GMT

The only thing that catches my eye is the long pink sweater. That would look great with black or cream.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:42:23 GMT

I am a pink girl but not THAT shade of hot pink. We call that Pepto Bismol Pink.

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ALRATIBA — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:58:56 GMT

I have a Bob Mackie blouse with a pink on white print - similar shade.

That's a great color - and If I happen to see a top in a style Ilike, I'd probably buy it.

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I'm trying to place a date in the distant past (had to be pre-1963) pink and black combo was very popular. I recall having a suit - black wool with a pink thread and pink lining. Wish I could remember what that fabric was called!

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ROMARY — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:01:25 GMT

Just thinking out loud here........I'm wondering if these fashion pinks look very, very bright because of the bright background, and possibly bright pink lighting......?

Could be that the background and lighting is reflecting back onto each fashion item.

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catwoman48 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:53:17 GMT

@ALRATIBA, was your pink and black suit tweed? I had a similar one about 1961 that was burgundy houndstooth check. It had a pale pink long-sleeved double-breasted blouse with tiny burgundy buttons and burgundy stitching around the collar and sleeves, burgundy sweater knit trim on the Chanel-style jacket with a matching knit belt. It was junior ready-to-wear, possibly Bobbi Brooks (much of my wardrobe was), probably the most beautiful outfit I have ever owned. Size 5 and much to sophisticated for my age, but I didn’t let that stop me. It was as close to haute couture as was on the market for teenaged girls at the time. I had another Bobbi Brooks two-piece cotton shirtwaist style outfit a few years later that was pink on black plaid. Loved that outfit, too. I had fabulous clothes as a preteen/teen. We had no money, but my grandfather funded my wardrobe, let me loose a couple of times a year with his department store charge cards. Those were the days!

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catwoman48 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:54:55 GMT

I had another outfit about the same time that was a pullover sweater with matching slim skirt, wool, in almost this same Valentino pink!

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catwoman48 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 05:57:14 GMT

*too sophisticated