Alessandra Facchinetti on Wednesday described her first haute
couture collection for Valentino as ''a couture for wearing'' shortly before its
presentation at a Paris Fashion Week catwalk show.
''I am continuing here
what I started with the Valentino pret-a-porter collection: once again, there is
no frantic search for trend,'' said the designer, who took over as head of
Valentino's women's collections last September.
''It's a couture without
theatricality, which cares about functionality - something clothes should always
have. Valentino was a master of that. But there's nothing nostalgic in my
approach,'' she underlined.
