“She’s really marking her territory over there, alike to a dog now pissing all over Place Vendome. But it is working.” Such was quite graphic observation one fashion editor made after attending Alessandra Facchinetti’s Valentino Haute Couture debut Wednesday night in Paris. According to many, her scaled-down presentation in company salon was a step in right direction. This season there were just two rows of seats at presentation held in a white carpeted room with gilded walls for an extremely select group of editors, clients, and celebrities, as well as Camilla Belle, Riley Keough, and Maria Sharapova. Following show, harkening back to friendly couture presentations of eras past, the house’s white coat-clad seamstresses came out and flanked the exit. “I think this is very chic,” said Rachel Zoe, while snapping pictures with her BlackBerry to make extra expedient requests for her red-carpet girls. “She’s kept all the glamour, but not the extravagance.

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