The Italian designer drew inspiration from blooming flowers and the calming influence of nature for his Spring Summer 2024 Haute Couture collection.
Giambattista Valli’s Haute Couture collection for the Spring and Summer 2024 exuded a vibrant ode to nature, drawing inspiration from the freshness of blossoms. Valli’s artistic approach involved sculpting shapes through skillful drapery and allowing fabrics to flow in a way that felt most natural.
For Valli, couture is a performance of gestures and a showcase of the atelier’s technical mastery, just like a mysterious spectacle. He describes his vision of couture as transcending the boundaries of time, an ever-evolving form that embraces the limitless allure of the unfinished while capturing the endless beauty of infinity, he shared backstage.
After a bodice topped with white roses openend the show, a striking sequence unfolded with a collection of lavishly embellished minidresses, paying homage to the enchantment of blooms. Tulle drapery cascaded in an array of extravagant forms, encompassing capes, silk flower-printed kimonos, delicate feathered accents, intricate cutouts, mermaid tails, and colossal ballooned silhouettes.
Fabrics included rustling taffeta silks in delicate pastel hues, some adorned with ombré floral shadows, to a few standout pieces crafted from luxurious obsidian-black velvet.
Valli’s couture always embraces sensuality, and a prime example was the opening bodice in sumptuous black velvet. It featured white roses delicately adorning the neckline, revealing alluring bare legs and paired with flat, golden-buckled, quasi-gladiator shoes.
The final look, preceding the bridal gown, featured a voluminous three-layered ballooned draping in vibrant raspberry, with a plunging V-neck and an off-the-shoulder design. It exuded quintessential Valli charm: playful, spirited and infused with Parisian nonchalance.
