"No one can replace you."
But Valentino smiled: "After me, the flood. "
"Do you know about women?"
"I do know. They want to be beautiful."
I have long heard the name of the internationally famous brand, Valentino even if it is not so well-known as other fashion symbols like GUCCI, PRADA, and LV. It was Xi Bao written by Yi Shu, a famous female Chinese writer who is recognized as a real lady with style, that allowed me to meet Valentino for the very first time. According to Yi Shu, Valentino is really something. Whenever one lady wears Valentino, this lady will win others' admiration. Valentino is a myth, a symbol of power, beauty, and style. In Kang Xi Is Coming, S's friend said: "Oh, how can say no to Valentino?"
When I begin this document, however, things are not about a conventional introduction of the brand--I thought it would be something about its history, though. In this film, every journalist was asking: "Will you give up?", "When will you retire?", "It is the last one?". I saw an old man wearing decent suit. He is no longer young.
This is my very first time to know the creation of a new dress.He picked up the cloth and folded a few pleats on the model, and the dress appeared. Then things were not made by machines--the whole dress was made in hand. 就好像是为芭比做一件新衣服一样的，Valentino做了一件新衣裳。
当回忆起这个场景时，年老的Valentino脸上浮现起了孩童一样的笑容，好像沉浸在了过往的回忆里。
Beauty, beauty, beauty. 我们永远都追求美丽。就好像诗人爱阳光下的玫瑰，又好像音乐家爱清晨的小鸟一样，Valentino爱极了那穿华服的女郎。谁不爱呢？那是美啊，是孔雀斑斓的羽毛。我忽然明白了，作为一名服装设计师，Valentino负责为人们制造梦想。人人都爱他，爱他的华服美裳，也爱穿上那衣裳的自己。
看完一场秀之后，有女士哭了。我想这大概就是一个小女孩对于送给她芭比娃娃的人的情感吧。他真是个造梦师。
全世界飞来飞去的工作狂、在一个城市不会停留超过4天的Valentino在他工作45周年的典礼之后表示，那会是最后一次了。纪录片没有展现视频、新闻与采访，而是采用了黑白字幕的方式。我分明还记得他提起他为肯尼迪夫人设计的裙装、为Elizabeth Taylor制造的衣裳，记得他早上做梦时梦到一件白色的礼服裙，当天便把那裙子设计好的模样，记得他为了秀场设计与搭档争吵，也记得collection上从天而降的红衣舞者，还有罗马城夜空里为他绽放的漫天烟花。
After me, the flood. 这句话源于路易十五，意为“在我之后，哪管它洪水滔天。”
