Giambattista Valli's Dignified Damsels

Magic, where reality has even briefly a supernatural charm, seems the right term to use in describing the debut haute couture collection of Giambattista Valli, so evocative was the elegance of its spirit, so otherworldly its mood.
For Valli, a Roman-born designer based in Paris for two decades, this fall 2011 couture collection, was very much a rite of passage. He has been a heralded designer for the past 10 years, first as the only acclaimed successor to Emanuel Ungaro, latterly with his own ready-to-wear label. But scaling the tricky heights of French haute couture was always going to be the key test of his talent.

Staged Monday evening, July 4, in a central Paris passage, underneath where Valli's headquarters is located, the models emerged from his boutique - opened only in January of this year - marching almost solemnly along the checkered covered walk.

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