In the statement which heralded Valentino's Autumn/Winter couture show, a line reads: 'Couture as an invite to dream with open eyes' and this couldn't have been more true in the context.
The collection of fifteen different silhouettes was revealed as a performance film, with Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli enlisting the help of famed photographer Nick Knight to envisage a showcase for his designs.
And if ever there were questions about whether the beauty and intricacy of a couture show could be conveyed effectively in a digital format, Piccioli has a firm answer.
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Using white fabric - the colour of a dressmaker's toile - to represent a blank canvas, the film sees his fifteen looks projected onto with lines, colourful motifs and light as the models on stilts or trapezes waft about the stage, giving the show movement, height and drama.
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Natasha Bird is the Former Executive Editor (Digital) of ELLE.
