While we
have been braving the snow this week and contemplating our dried out skin and
ski hat hair, Team Fake Bake have
taken refuge in looking at all of the recent couture shows from Paris although, as we type, not a single one of
us won last Friday’s huge Euro Millions haul. So we just watch, and dream. All
of the shows were magical. If you read us regularly, you’ll know we are
obsessed with our couture, and this season Maison
Valentino absolutely stole the show. No pun intended.
Under the
stewardship of Pierpaolo Piccioli,
this long-established fashion house is just going from strength to strength and
has carved out a really unique place on planet style. How so? Well, Piccioli has taken everything
traditional and beautiful about Valentino,
added a youthful twist, making it the label to wear not just by the ladies who
lunch, but by everyone who wants to look glamorous, with a nod to street chic
at the same time.
Supermodel Marisa
Berenson wears Valentino Couture, 1968
Designer Valentino Garavani showed his very
first collection way back in 1962,
and set himself apart by basing his designs around his favourite colour: red! He soon became a couture
favourite, and designed wedding dresses for Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy, and became infamous as
Hollywood’s favourite designer for leading ladies. Valentino kept designing until 2008
and was always linked to luxury and the high life, but the label did tend
to be associated at times with mega rich socialites. Younger fashion addicts
tended to go for other established houses like Chanel or Dior, or newer powerhouses like Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen at times.
Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis and Valentino Garavani in Capri
Valentino as we know
and love him surrounded by supermodels in his signature red!
The grunge
era was never going to be a friend to Valentino,
but the turn of the century saw new names wanting to be sprinkled in Valentino glitter. Jennifer Lopez had Mr.
Garavani rework a look he created for Jackie
O, back in the 1960’s and, all of a sudden, Valentino was a label on the march once more. Under Piccioli it has gone interstellar and
the recent couture show was a riot of colour, topped by a guest appearance by Naomi Campbell, who is also wearing the
label on the cover of the March issue
Vogue.
JLo channelling Jackie
Naomi being Naomi in
Vogue - both her and the label champion diversity in fashion
Like all
great couture houses, Valentino also
realised that entry-level accessories were
the way forward in reaching a larger market and in 2010, ten S/S seasons ago,
the Valentino Rockstud was born. It
married all the traditional and glamour that Valentino was known for, and added, of course, The Stud! This gave it an edgier
look, and one that a younger fashion audience couldn’t wait to get their
hands, and feet, on.
Since then
the Rockstud has become a global
phenomenon and women (and men) of all ages have fallen in love with first the
shoes, and now the whole extended range. What’s not to love? And since then
they have been much copied, but never, ever bettered. This season’s latest crop are now turning up in store and so we
checked in with Jessica, ace personal
shopper and fashion expert at Cricket Boutique, to tell us why the Rockstud is just a super-seller…
“The whole Rockstud range is so popular with the Cricket customer because there are more
infinity pieces which you can wear
every season, and there are always new
adds to the range that mean you can build up your Valentino collection. Anyone who knows their fashion is aware that Valentino is a label steeped in
glamour, and any customer who tries on Rockstuds
here at Cricket falls in love, it’s that simple. The new Spring/Summer drops are just
beautiful, with pastel shades already selling as quickly as they come in!”
So whether
you want to Rockstud in winter…..
Or in summer, you gotta up your style game to
make them shine.
And, of
course, there is no point in channelling this vibe if you’re looking pasty, so
start stocking your piggy bank and perfecting your tan, to get that Italian-style, polished, just-got-back from
Capri vibe. We’d definitely go for our own new season drop, Fake Bake Double
Dark 8oz Kit With Mitt to create a super-bronzed base tan, and we’d add our
Beyond Bronze Instant Wash Off Lotion in Medium Shimmer to make sure our feet,
in particular are ROCKSTUD READY!
So in a week
where we have just managed to open our bank statements, tried on a few summer
clothes and realised our summer bodies got left somewhere last July, and
sympathised with Gemma doing a nosedive on the ice, because we have all been
having a go, we’ve decided to close our eyes, feel future dreams, and picture
ourselves somewhere utterly fabulous, with
our long, toned pins decorated by a cool pink heel and a tough stud.
Hang on. Did
someone mention toned pins? Oh dear. Is there time?
All products mentioned
available at www.fakebake.co.uk
Many thanks to Jessica
at Cricket you can follow her style on Insta @Jessica_cricket
For all things Rockstud
follow Cricket Boutique on Insta @cricketfashion and good luck to Justine and
all the team for the opening of their new super-boutique launching this year at
Met Quarter, Liverpool
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