Her World Singapore – September 2019

Poetryisnotdead.

Youmightberelieved

toknowthatthis

islessaboutthe

proclamationsof

loveby13-year-olds

onInstagramorthe

grievancesofdead

poets,andmore

aboutexperimental

Italianhautecouture

andcollaborativeart.

ForValentino’s

F/W’19collection,

PierpaoloPiccioli

enlistedfourpoets–

GretaBellamacina,

MustafaThePoet,

YrsaDaley-Wardand

RobertMontgomery

• tointerprethis
  threadsthrough
  poems.
  Theirwords
  culminatedinasmall
  publicationtitled
  ValentinoonLove,as
  wellasembroidered
  textonthegarments
  themselves.Dreamy
  musingslike“You
  thoughtIwastoo
  darkuntilIstretched
  intoagalaxy”and
  “There’saforever
  beyondthesky/I
  thinkweshould
  gotheretonight”
  wereseenstitched
  acrosshoodies,
  betweenlayersof
  tulledresses,and
  alongsideintricate
  applique.
  Butthe
  interspersingof

Fashion’s

Poetic Take

on Slogans

Anythingcanhappenwhenyou

believeinlove– likea three-way

marriagebetweenhautecouture,

poetry,andsloganfashion.

TOKNOW

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38 HERWORLDSEPT 2019