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Valentino Red: The Color with a "Coloratura Origin"

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Valentino Red: The Color with a "Coloratura Origin"

Valentino Garavani & model Natalia Vodianova photographed by Kevin Tachman 2011. She is wearing a couture piece created by the designer in retirement who both hosted a charity ball for The Naked Heart Foundation in 2011.     In terms of Italian fashion designers and houses on a global scale, there are many geniuses who have come and gone, contributing some of the most bedazzling body of work to our social history of dress and contemporary popular culture. Who can forget the architectural tendencies of Gianfranco Ferre who forever changed the scope in which we reach for that vital staple...

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Trick of the Eye: A Legacy Rich As Velvet

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Trick of the Eye: A Legacy Rich As Velvet

Roberto di Camerino & Salvador Dalí. C. early 1970's      In regards to the ongoing fashion conundrum of wearing something perceived to be new that actually is not quite so new, why don’t you compromise the hassle by actually acquiring a piece that has progressed to a higher state above being classified as terribly outdated or too trendy? As it relates to the social status driven aspect of handbags, the fashionista’s modern day weapon of choice to defend one’s rank of financial success, it is better to carry your essentials while carrying out your essential errands with a piece that...

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