A MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF THE LUXURY FASHION HOUSE OF VALENTINO IS BEING SHOWN EXCLUSIVELY AT THE GALLERY OF MODERN ART, BRISBANE, FROM 7.AUGUST THROUGH 4.NOVEMBER. QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY DIRECTOR TONY ELLWOOD SAID 'VALENTINO, RETROSPECTIVE: PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE' INCORPORATED A STUNNING ARRAY OF VALENTINO GARAVANI'S HAUTE COUTURE DESIGNS FROM THE LATE 1950s THROUGH TO HIS FINAL COLLECTION IN JANUARY 2008, AS WELL AS RECENT CREATIONS BY MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI AND PIER PAOLO PICCIOLI, APPOINTED IN OCTOBER 2008 CREATIVE DIRECTORS FOR VALENTINO, HIGHLIGHTING THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE MOST ESTEEMED FASHION HOUSE. VALENTINO WAS THE FIRST COUTURE HOUSE OUTSIDE OF PARIS TO BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. 'THE RETROSPECTIVE OF 100 ENSEMBLES INCLUDES SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAUTE COUTURE CREATIONS ORIGINALLY SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION 'VALENTINO: THEMES AND VARIATIONS' AT LES ARTS DECORATIFS, PARIS, IN 2008', HE SAID. THE EXHIBITION EXPLORES VALENTINO'S TECHNIQUES AND RECURRING MOTIFS SUCH AS ORNAMENTATION, THE USE OF GEOMETRIC AND ANIMAL PRINTS, FRILLS, FOLDS AND PLEATS AS WELL AS THE CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF VOLUME, SURFACE AND LINE. GARMENTS WORN BY HOLLYWOOD STARS AND HIGH SOCIETY FIGURES SUCH AS CATE BLANCHETT, NICOLE KIDMAN, JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND OTHERS WILL BE DISPLAYED ALONG WITH THE STUNNING BLACK AND WHITE GOWN JULIA ROBERTS WORE TO THE 73rd ACADEMY AWARDS IN 2001. IN ADDITION TO A NUMBER OF ENSEMBLES FROM VALENTINO'S NOTED 'WHITE COLLECTION' FROM 1968, THE EXHIBITION FEATURES A SELECTION OF SIGNATURE 'VALENTINO RED' DRESSES, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE COUTURIER'S COLLECTION, FIESTA, A STRAPLESS COCKTAIL DRESS IN DRAPED TULLE FROM SPRING/SUMMER 1959.
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