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Fashion Film: Of Grace And Light

by Nick Knight, Britt Lloyd on 21 July 2020

'Pierpaolo [Piccioli] sees this as a Renaissance for fashion. Fashion designers are at the vanguard of creativity, and the catwalk show format has been the same for 50 years. Now they have been freed from old structures and ways of presenting their collections, it's a new way to work and they are excited by the creative possibilities of it' Nick Knight.
Of Grace And Light, directed by Nick Knight, and edited and filmed by Britt Lloyd, celebrates the imagination of fashion and new beginnings for Valentino. Featuring a haunting soundtrack by FKA Twigs, physical and digital realities co-exist as 15 giant dresses up to 20ft long float through the air, worn by models and trapeze artists alike. Coloured and ornamented by digital projections of images of nature, the dresses are then unveiled in tableau, and revealed to be made all in white- a marker of infinite possibilities.

'Pierpaolo [Piccioli] sees this as a Renaissance for fashion. Fashion designers are at the vanguard of creativity, and the catwalk show format has been the same for 50 years. Now they have been freed from old structures and ways of presenting their collections, it's a new way to work and they are excited by the creative possibilities of it' Nick Knight.

A/W 20

Valentino

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Direction:

Nick Knight

Creative Direction:

Pierpaolo Piccioli

Chief Brand Officer:

Alessio Vannetti

Design Director Valentino Haute Couture:

Yvann Misplaere

Valentino Global Communication, Events and Celebrities Director:

Francesca Nardi

Valentino Director of Events:

Maria Laura Elli

Models:

Mariacarla Boscono, Ana Jorge, Blesnya Minher, Penelope Ternes, Kiki Willems, Mika Schneider

Performance:

Erika Lemay, Laetitia Bouffard-Roupe, Celine Miriam-Marthe Rose, Stefano Pribaz, Yammel Rodriguez

Choreography:

Roger Robinson

Stunt Coordination:

Andrew Jdanov

Styling:

Joe McKenna

Hair:

Kim Rance

Make-up:

Jennifer Bradburn

Nails:

Laura Grieco

Film Edit and Camera:

Britt Lloyd

Director of Photography:

Andrea Arnone

Camera Operation:

Eric Biglietto

Set Design:

Andrew Tomlinson

Graphic Design:

Paul Hetherington

Title Design:

Nick Merdasi

Music:

FKA Twigs, Nicolas Jaar

DIT:

Gastone Ferrante

Technical Supervision:

Carlo Sgambato, Massimo Romualdo, Nati Carboni

Producer to Nick Knight:

Kat Davey, Liberte Productions

Executive Producer:

Emanuele Mascioni

Producer:

Cristina Paternuosto

Event Production:

La Mode en Images

Local Production:

MAI

Photographic Assistance:

Thomas Alexander

Camera Assistance:

Alias Gallione, Alberto Viscardi, Emanuele Leurini

Direction Assistance:

Marcello Calvesi, Matilde Composta

Make-up Assistance:

Clara Spadoni, Daniele Peluso

Hair Assistance:

Antonia Ninni, Cosimo Bellomo

Digital Post Production:

Loic Maes

Projectors:

Luciano Mandatori, Emiliano Santese

VTR:

David Giorgio

SFX:

Pasquale Catalano, Andrea Luciani

Gaffer:

Daniele Cafolla, Paolo Iacobucci, Luca De Santis, Fabio Cafolla, Antonio D’Arienzo

Grip:

Paolo Tiberti, Roberto Borbona, Kristian Tiberti, Aldo Napoleoni, Massimo Rinella, Pietro Tiberti

Rigger:

Massimiliano Bagnaia, Simone Ranieri

Runner:

Victoria Pungatori, Margherita Giorgi

Special Thanks To:

Flora Starkey, for the use of her flower footage

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Fashion Film: Valentino A/W 20 Haute Couture

21 July 2020

Pierpaolo Piccioli's Valentino A/W 20 haute couture collection is revealed in a live performance titled 'Of Grace and Light', made in collaboration with Nick Knight.

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Pierpaolo Piccioli

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