Toronto native RYAN ALEXANDER has chosen Valentino as his inspiration for the Cashmere Collection 2019: Legends of Fashion, for their shared love of classic designs and empowering the women who wear them. Since 2014, he has been producing elegant cocktail and eveningwear using dramatically flattering silhouettes. “I’ve always been drawn to the sophistication of Valentino and aspire to that superlative quality craftsmanship in my own work, in my own way.” 

“Valentino loved mixing textures and embellishments and understood that a simple colour scheme means you can pile on those ‘special effects,’” says Toronto designer RYAN ALEXANDER of his Cashmere Collection 2019 muse. Hence his glamorous gown’s meticulously constructed and pleated corset-style bodice and the hand-crafted Bathroom Tissue blossoms of its high-low, fishtail skirt. 

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