Valentino S/S 2012 : Bette, Fei Fei, Maud, Zuzanna & Clement by Deborah Turbeville

[tarsha]

SAY OLE: Valentino tapped artsy photographer Deborah Turbeville for its spring advertising campaign, which breaks in January.

Shot in Pozos, Mexico, in an abandoned mining town in the Guanajuato region, the campaign brings together an international cast of Pretty Young Things: Bette Franke, Maud Franzen, Fei Fei Sun, Zuzanna Bijoch and male model Clement Chabernaud.

One image shows the four women standing tall in the grass against a shadowy stone wall, each clad in a rose or deep red dress with richly embroidered details.

Citing photographer-actress Tina Modotti and artist Georgia O’Keeffe as inspiration, Valentino creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli described their spring collection as “linked to Mexico as a state of mind,” and the campaign as “a fantasy setting for a new poetic femininity.”

The designers cited their enthusiasm for Turbeville’s “subversively elegant aesthetic vision.”

Pierre Orlando handled makeup and Mark Hampton worked the models’ hair, which was twisted into wreathlike braids.

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[Rigida]

Love this!
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[judelove]

lovely

 

[visualoptimism]

this looks really nice, can't wait for more

 

[MON]

I like it!

 

[Modelo]

Wonderful!

 

[Ives927]

Fei Fei! I die.
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[Pradable]

Clement? :lovely:
Wait a moment! where is Jac?
Fine for Fei Fei

 

[emilylin]

Fei Fei! so happy for her!
quite like it, but I want more

 

[nirvanana]

Wow! This looks really good and fresh!

 

[IsabelMarantBoy]

Oh my god Bette! I am so happy she got the campaign after opening the show. This is beautiful, I can't wait for the rest of the images

 

[GivenchyHomme]

The first image is so disappointing. It honestly looks like a plain old backstage shot. Why the sudden change of photographer? Sim's was doing great work for them.

 

[Kanna]

Serene and beautiful. Love it.

 

[Inspiration]

Fei Fei and Zuzanna = I'm in heaven <3

 

[lady stardust]

beautiful!!!the colors the red and the grey and the photography...
might be my favourite campaign this season.

 

[MulletProof]

Ahh, and so they got Deborah to do this!

Amazing. I don't think anyone else could capture a collection that was.. inspired by her , and then she's a Guanajuato lover, it all makes perfect sense.

I wonder if anyone involved in this was inspired by that shot of Bette's profile during the show, cause it was breathtaking and it seems to have been tried out again for the campaign.

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[cul8tr]

Truly beautifull.

 

[christian zh]

Want to see Clement's shot

 

[Gazillion]

this is really beautiful. love the nature lighting, the simplicity of it. love everything about this ad.

 

[mikel]

Amazing and such a great move to hire Deborah Turbeville.