CORNROWS, BONE JEWELRY, AND METAL MASKS: “WILD AFRICA” IN MAISON VALENTINO SPRING-SUMMER 2016 COLLECTION
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Valentino’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection is out and it just put “wild Africa” back on the radar of mainstream fashion for a controversial reception. Described as “an ode” to the continent, the collections was designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli to channel the “regal” allure of the “primitive, the tribal, the spiritual.” To this aim, it showcased kaftans, smock dresses, flares, and tunics in geometric …