News About Women: Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

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Annual Academy Awards Red Carpet Predictions: Amy Adams

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Amy Adams, Academy Award Nominee for Best Actress

Amy Adams is nominated for "Best Actress" for
playing a glamorous grifter in "American Hustle". In the film she
exudes a sex-a-licious vibe in those fabulous vintage Halston and Bob Mackie jersey dresses...

Reviewing her most recent red carpet appearances, I can see that possibly she
might have been "influenced" by her "American Hustle"
character. Case in point; her plunging neckline Valentino gown she wore at the 2014
Golden Globes. Adams normally loves strong
colors and fitted shapes. With that in mind, I'd love to see her in
something
not so fitted and more "Euro Royalty" looking. One of my favorite
gowns from this most recent Paris Haute Couture fashion week was this
lace gown
with open back and bat-wing like sleeves from the Valentino Haute
Couture Spring 2014 Collection. I would love to see Amy Adams in this
gorgeous dress:

Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2014

Open Back Couture: Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2014

This gown is completely hand-made and features such luxurious fabric with lots of texture and is great from the front and especially the back. She wore so many front plunging neckline ensembles in "American Hustle", it would be a nice departure to see back plunging. I also think the soft ivory color would look great against her skin and hair.

WHO WORE WHAT?.....2014 Grammy Awards: Katy Perry in Valentino Couture Spring/Summer 2014

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Katy Perry in Valentino Couture Spring/Summer 2014: Katy is wearing a made-to-measure gown from Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014 collection. This collection--and gown--was JUST shown in Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week FOUR DAYS AGO!!! This, in fact, was the first gown in the collection, which was inspired by famous operas.

Musical Couture: This particular gown was a nod to La Traviata; Giuseppe Verdi's score was embroidered in black on the long, full skirt of a parchment-colored tulle dress...

Katy Perry in Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

I LOVE this gown and I think Katy looks quite "Princess-like" in it. It's very appropriate she would wear a music-inspired gown...for the Grammys.

Do we like Katy in Valentino Haute Couture?

RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week: Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014, Pics + Runway Video

Friday, January 24, 2014

Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

The Look: According to Style.com: "Fifty-five looks for fifty-five operas. The Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were after
something new for Couture this season, and they found it in the age-old
tradition of opera. The show opened with a nod to La Traviata;
Giuseppe Verdi's score was embroidered in black on the long, full skirt
of a parchment-colored tulle dress. After that, Chiuri explained, "we
wanted to describe the character of each [opera's] protagonist in a
primordial way." By the end, they had called out all the greats:
Puccini's La Bohème inspired an elegant navy cashmere cape and silk crepe sheath. Bizet's Carmen produced a pleated bronze tulle gown with silver-gray guipure lace embroideries."

After seeing all the photos and runway video (at the end of the post) I thought it was a STUNNING collection. One of the BEST of this Paris Couture Week. I especially LOVED the monastic caftan-silhouette gowns. Simple, elegant and very Roma Alta Moda COUTURE! Bravo.

Colors: Green, sienna, mahogany, gold, black, ivory, silver, gray.

Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

Trends: Monastic simplicity; loose tunic/caftan gowns; ballerina dresses; sheer/see-through; capes; heavy laces (above); fuller dress shapes with fitted top sections.

Collection Highlights: