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The Next Beginning at Valentino

Socio-politics suggest there’ll be little escape from the prosaic grind of lesser human instincts in the immediate future. Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino collection caught the mood of the last time such an atmosphere penetrated popular culture — the late Seventies.
Valentino Autumn/Winter 2017 | Source: InDigital.tv
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  • Tim Blanks

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