Rarely does the demure Paris couture week see a standing ovation.
Even rarer is the whooping and screaming that echoed around the gilded salons of the Hotel Salomon de Rothschild as Pierpaolo Piccioli took his bow following Valentino’s collection Wednesday evening.
Mika, Valentino Garavani, Natalia Vodianova and Tracee Ellis Ross all got to their feet as the rousing operatic voice of Maria Callas played out the sumptuous creations from what was the week’s strongest collection.
Here are some highlights of the last day of haute couture week fall-winter displays.
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VALENTINO’S OPERA
With the stirring aria of “Casta Diva,” the couture seemed to take as its starting point the glory days of the height of legend Callas’ career in the 1960s.
Giant brushed-back wig hair and an unstructured celadon blue silk gown with intricate intarsia cape opened the 63-look show in that era’s exaggerated style. It took 1,120 hours to make.
Large round multicolored floral headpieces continued the retro feel.
Loose, exaggerated plays on proportion then followed.
Gargantuan scarf-wraps surrounded the body — and one, in vermilion, came actually attached across the bust.
Bows at the collar in mikado, one in fluorescent yellow, were so big they finished at the hip.
Despite the size, the looks were never over-theatrical as Piccioli ensured to keep the proportions balanced from top to bottom, and in keeping with the models’ body size.
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