An unguarded quote from Valentino’s business partner
When asked by the Telegraph Magazine if he thought haute couture could last much longer, Giancarlo Giammetti said:
No, of course not. Why would a young woman want to sit eight hours a day with an eye loupe sewing and embroidering a pattern? And for whom, some princess in Saudi Arabia? Or the girlfriend of some international Russian thug?
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AF: “@mokbeehive at the risk of sounding like an ad, using Skype has saved us a fortune in conference-call related costs xxx” | |
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DB: “The Orb and David Gilmour have released a collaboration? Cannot WAIT to get my time machine fixed and return to C21...” | |
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AF: “plotting trip to beloveds in Amsterdam” | |
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DB: “Bo Ningen brilliant at The Macbeth tonight. Can't wait to see them at #offsetfestival. Photos to follow tomorrow...” | |
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AF: “Bo Ningen at the Macbeth and I am wearing Jigsaw ha” | |
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AF: “Paul Boudens at The Wapping Project  ” |
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DB: “At the Paul Boudens PV at Wapping. Good stuff, well selected, beautifully presented...#wappingproject” | |
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AF: “fan girl day” | |
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AF: “@timhayward what about the cat? and what child? glad to see that we are preoccupying your subconscious though xxx” | |
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DB: “Ping reminds me, both Look & Feel and function, of the terrible software Sony used to ship in the last days of minidisk (& prob still does)” | |
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AF: “@timhayward looks familiar ” |
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DB: “Ping recommendations -- Gaga? Katy Perry? Linkin Park? Based on my library of Tibetan ritual music, ECM, postpunk... #fail” | |
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AF: “geeking out ” |
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AF: “@mokbeehive fab - give me a call when you're free. Am around all today/tomorrow - whenever! x” | |
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AF: “Flying spine ” |
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AF: “Following the Tabi footprints #Margiela ” |
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DB: “looking forward to shooting at #offsetfestival this weekend...” | |
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AF: “@mokbeehive enjoy Liberty and don't walk into any of the mirrors! How did things go with MW in the end? x” | |
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AF: “v excited about catching the Margiela 20 exhibition at Somerset House. Am painting myself white in preparation” | |
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DB: “@eyelust we were also VERY underwhelmed. Looked like random stuff from the back of the archive...” | |
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AF: “RT @darrellberry: RT @petermread: I'm at Notting Hill Carnival w/ 94 others. << 94? carnival not so big w 4sq demographic i see” |
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DB: “RT @petermread: I'm at Notting Hill Carnival w/ 94 others. << 94? carnival not so big w 4sq demographic i see” |
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DB: “RT @annehyphenfay: We have grown a small tomato << unbelievable but true #vegetables #impossibility” |
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AF: “We have grown a small tomato ” |
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DB: “Cardboard cutout hipsters seem to have discovered the lovely The Grapes pub on Narrow Street. Sad if true.” | |
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DB: “RT @guardiannews: Ekow Eshun: Why I'm quitting the ICA << because on his watch it lost all contemporary relevance?” |
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AF: “Installing the @net-a-porter iPhone app. Hilariously, it's 'free'” | |
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AF: “that pigeon is getting closer” | |
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AF: “stunning autumn day and I'm inside copy editing. Tum ti tum” | |
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AF: “really hoping that @icalondon can now start afresh and get some relevancy back. Maybe revisiting perfomance and digital art might help?” | |
Wise words from the information design guru.
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