Designer to Watch: Giambatista Valli

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One of the most unusual and innovative designers to hit it big in recent years is Giambatista Valli.  Known for his voluminous shapes and origami-style pleating, the designer is a favorite of celebrities from Victoria Beckham to Mary-Kate Olsen - both fans of his pleated sculptural dresses and leg-lengthening heels - as well as of Vogue’s influential editors. Valli also found himself the purveyor of an unlikely ‘It’ Shoe recently with his sky-high neon-soled platform pumps, designed to match his Spring collection of bright-hued dresses.

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This season’s collection is just as covetable - the shoes are just as high and sharp, the clothes just as architectural and feminine.  This time, though, Valli worked in a neutral palette, focusing mainly on crisp winter whites.  Some highlights?  The sky-high strappy sandals, white ruffled sheaths, and fur-sleeved hourglass silhouettes shown above and below.

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For the Valli look, try these dresses by Alice + Olivia and Cynthia Steffe.

    

Posted on April 13th, 2008 by ashley

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