Well you know what they say? All is fair in love and war, but what about fashion?

With fresh news, it appears that the House of Valentino may not be as luscious and darling as we all first thought. It was reported today, chief designer at Valentino, Alessandra Facchinetti, who took the helm after Valentino retired in sept. 2007,  was sacked after the latest collection (S/S 09) was displayed in Paris. Fair enough you think, people are allowed to hire and fire whom they like, but to do it via the press? That IS pretty shameful.

This news is so fresh that even wikipedia hasn’t been updated yet and apparently the gloves are more than off at Valentino. Facchinetti was scorned by long time Valentino business associate and ex boyfriend, Giancarlo Giammetti after the show stating, “to pretend to transform and revolutionise the Valentino style is a utopia which is a loss from the start.” It appeared that Facchinetti hadn’t done enough to evoke the Valentino feel upon the catwalk with the man himself even stating, with formidable disdain that “there is an existing archive with thousands of dresses where [a designer] can draw and take inspiration from to create a Valentino product that is relevant today. It is a shame that [Facchinetti] didn’t feel this need.”

And with that she was promptly and publicly sacked.

It’s one thing to be annoyed at someones work, but to openly declare that they haven’t supported your legacy maybe a bit much. But then it’s your legacy so I suppose you wanna get that stuff right? Also this isn’t the first time Alessandra has been fired from a major deisgner brand, the young designer left Gucci after just two seasons.

This unconventional and down right rude sacking of this young female designer has led to rumblings of sexism and  discontent within the fashion world, instigating that it’s near on impossible for young females to succeed in this male dominated industry.

Hopefully this is just an ugly isolated incident that will be a warning to others before they jump aboard the Valentino ship, however if the sexist rumours and whispers are true, it is actually a very sad day for fashion design the world over.

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