Valentino's new language for the Haute Couture SS21 collection

Rituals, processes, words, meanings, references. Pierpaolo Piccioli explores the concept of fashion making and projects the Maison Valentino into a future where Haute Couture, which is the symbol of slow savoir-faire par excellence, of beautiful objects created to be almost timeless, meets the speed of a changing world ruled by digital. The result is a collection that explores the new codes and possibilities of high fashion made of cross-gender shapes, colors and processes. 

In Rome, inside the great hall of the Galleria Colonna, on the notes of Ritual Spirit (temporal) by Robert Del Naja, Mariacarla Boscono and the other models (including, for the first time, a male cast) walk by. With their makeup of gold crystals, high platform boots and a beautiful palette of whites and browns, brightened by metallic flashes and fluorescent accents of pink, green, yellow, aquamarine, they embody a proud and timeless elegance.

The outfits are made of layers, fluid pieces intertwined with each other: blouses with pants, jackets with turtlenecks, full skirts with cashmere capes, outerwear with evening dresses. The silhouettes of Code Temporal, as the Haute Couture SS21 collection is titled, are minimal, clean lines that emphasize verticality, recalling the works of contemporary artists such as Constantin Brâncuși, Alberto Giacometti and Lucio Fontana.

The making of the collection will be shown in a docu-film by Robert Del Naja, artist and leader of Massive Attack, together with Mario Klingemann. The highlight of the project, which will be presented in the coming days, is a montage created by artificial intelligence through machine learning algorithms.