I don't think it is clear cut that the Valentino designers were inspired by Miu Miu, even dating back to Alessandra Facchinetti's tenure, mining the Valentino archives has been a key part of a lot of the ink that Garavani's successors have gotten. Now to me it is entirely plausible that if they were deciding between Silhouettes A v. B v. C., a consideration may be that Silhouette A has been road tested by another designer. In general, I think that inspiration that is 100% organic (or even archival) is the exception and not the rule for even the most directional designers, I suspect that a trend report is more likely to be the baseline inspiration for a collection than a stroll along the Champs-Élysées. For example, look at the Fall 2010 RTW shows - directional designers like Miuccia Prada and Louis Vuitton created 1950s / 60s inspired collections and so did other less directional designers like Loewe and Giles Deacon, I don't think that is a coincidence.
BTW, I was recently looking at a video of an Elie Saab Saab show that pre-dates Miu Miu and he had a similar girly silhouette so perhaps Miuccia got her inspiration from Elie Saab?
BTW, I was recently looking at a video of an Elie Saab Saab show that pre-dates Miu Miu and he had a similar girly silhouette so perhaps Miuccia got her inspiration from Elie Saab?
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