{"id":13193,"date":"2013-01-18T15:26:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=13193"},"modified":"2013-01-22T23:14:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T23:14:56","slug":"paris-fashion-week-backstage-at-valentino-menswear-aw13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2013\/01\/18\/paris-fashion-week-backstage-at-valentino-menswear-aw13\/","title":{"rendered":"PARIS MEN’S FASHION WEEK: Backstage at Valentino AW13"},"content":{"rendered":"
We take a peek backstage at the Valentino<\/a> show, featuring a very Valentino take on British tailoring.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Having shown at Pitti Uomo in Florence the past two seasons, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli took on Paris this season. Their strategy? Put a Valentino<\/a> spin on Carnaby Street circa the sixties. At the H\u00f4tel Salomon de Rothschild, we were treated to an array of suits and coats there were cut to perfection, oozing a very British form of sophistication – all houndstooth prints, Prince of Wales checks and Black Watch tartan.<\/p>\n But while the spectre of young Mick Jagger may have loomed large in the pair’s influences, the collection never felt like a forced nostalgia trip to the swinging sixties. Chiuri and Piccioli have both said that they deliberately tried to pair modernity with couture craftsmanship, so think luxe piled onto luxe materials: fur with mackintosh, for example, or cashmere lined with leather. And the finishing touch? Fold-over leather clutches. Not something you’d likely see in the sixies, but perfect for the 21st century.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n MORE PARIS MENSWEAR FASHION WEEK COVERAGE: Words: Zing Tsjeng We take a peek backstage at the Valentino show, featuring a very Valentino take on British tailoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9418],"tags":[1856,3300,3476,530,1021,1793,3506,2047],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>Backstage at Maison Martin Margiela AW13<\/a><\/em>
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\nImages: Amina Nolan <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"