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1994 · 58623 — Milan et al: Valentino Atelier by Carnet Elegance Exclusive Distributor for North America 1994. Thick 4to. 12.75 x 12.25 in. 106 pp assorted pagination. With 51 colour fashion designs 136 tipped-in cotton silk wool acrylic and blend fabric sample swatches several printed fabric samples. Black silk cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover numbered on colophon at rear very minor rubbing edgewear still VG bright copy. First edition No. 970 of this sumptuously illustrated sample fashion catalogue from one of the greatest Italian Couturiers Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani the incomparable fashion designer. This collection was representative of many of Valentino’s collections of the 1990’s integrating themes of revival and self-reference-flounces embroidery and dots partly as a way of highlighting his 30 years of fashion designs. In addition these designs and their fabrics reflect a foreshadowing of the later mid-1990’s shift towards a more bohemian style drawing upon 1970’s fashions mixing fabrics embroidery and Eastern influences in their designs. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Pelle & Mauries Valentino. Thirty years of magic 1990; Pelle Valentino’s Magic 1998. Valentino Atelier by Carnet, Elegance, Exclusive Distributor for North America, hardcover