Take the looks apart and the pieces are beautiful. Perfect for Valentino actually.
While watching the show, I think that an obstacle for Michele is to focus his message in each show. If he could focus on one message in the styling of each show, then each show would appear different. But since he does all the same ingredients in each show, it all starts looking the same. For example, do a gypsy one season, the next the 70s, the next the 20s. But instead he does it all each season.
I was thinking this exactly.
This collections should’ve been all red, black, white, tailoring, polka dots, “glamour”, big hats, very bourgeois, red lips, smoky eyes, late 80s, a little bit of 90s… a little bit femme fatale.
No bandana, no sunglasses, no ethnic dresses, no mix of 100 colors… that’s what totally killed it imo. There was no editing.
Anyways, as I said, I hated his Gucci as much as the next person, but there are some pieces here that are great and I can see that he took the “spirit” of the house a little bit into consideration. Gucci has no identity. Valentino does and I think it’s great for him to work within a framework.
I think he could do good if he just focused in one theme per season as you suggested. Otherwise it’s gonna get boring very soon.
Edit: I hate logos but that bag in black and white with the V is so cute. It has something special, like 70s done right, and chic despite of the logo. I can see it being a total success.