Valentino | Couture Fall 2011

This collection is a fairy-tale princess look, created by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli's for new couture collection for Valentino. One dress—dévoré-ed flowers on a sheer background, with pleated tulle wings flying from the shoulders—was so Neverland-ready that it was a wonder it didn't elevate then and there from the catwalk.

There was a fearlessness in the fact that so much of it was so old-fashioned, in specifics like the buttons running up the sleeve of a governess-y pale crepe gown or down the back of a black cashmere coat, or, more generally, in the neo-medieval restraint and decorum of long-sleeved, floor-length gowns, simply gorgeous!

{source: vogue.com}