Designer to Watch: Giambatista Valli

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.

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.

For the Valli look, try these dresses by Alice + Olivia and Cynthia Steffe.
Posted on April 13th, 2008 by ashley





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