Chapter 482 Thunderous Applause
Chapter 482 Thunderous Applause
The circle that was once difficult to join was now actively approaching Fan Wumian.
In his previous life, if he had clung to the thighs of any one of the people in the audience, such as Jack Long, Andy Lau, Director Wang Jing, and Director Feng, he would have felt like he was injected with chicken blood. But now he just felt a little helpless.
After all, the space on site is limited, with only 300 seats in total.
Instead of inviting many celebrities to come with their relatives and friends, taking up 70 or 80 admission spots, it would be better to invite more foreign journalists, internet celebrities, fashion gurus, brand representatives, etc., which may be more helpful to Valentino's business in the international market.
The media will only pick some big names as representatives and it is impossible to report all the celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry. This results in some people really only being able to watch the fun, which is equivalent to wasting some valuable publicity channels.
However, Fan Wumian was still very grateful to many of his colleagues in the circle who came from far away to show their support.
Apart from being acquired by him, the Valentino brand lacked highlights worth hyping, but there will be no need to worry about that after the press conference.
There were many stars at the scene today. Once the news spreads back to the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, it will probably help Valentino to become famous.
The scope of this publicity will at least cover hundreds of millions of people, and the huge budget for planning the event has not been wasted.
The models on the stage were showing off new clothing, shoes and bags. Only the catwalk and pillars were lit at the press conference, while the rest of the place was pitch black.
Fan Wumian had watched the rehearsal and personally reviewed every outfit plan. In his eyes, the entire press conference was no longer fresh.
The seat was facing the catwalk. I looked up for a while and my neck felt a little sore.
Inadvertently catching a glimpse of Huang Xiaoming looking at him, Fan Wumian smiled and nodded.
Huang Xiaoming secretly clenched his fists, his face filled with a warm smile, and he kept saying that today's trip was not in vain. If he met him in other occasions in the future, he could at least use today's press conference as an excuse to get close to him and say hello.
With Fan Wumian's current strength and resources, even if they can only be familiar to him, it is enough to make countless artists try their best to get admission.
It is a chance to "change your destiny", and you can also take advantage of the popularity and make friends with executives of other big names. It is worth taking a flight of more than ten hours to come to Milan at your own expense.
Some time ago, the third concubine, who had met Fan Wumian in Australia, also came to the press conference with her friends today.
It had nothing to do with showing support. It was simply that the third concubine ignored the high-end fashion items in her wardrobe and felt that she had nothing to wear, so she took advantage of the fashion week and took her own private jet to come here for shopping.
Some time ago, Zuo Ziyan's mother also wanted an invitation to the press conference.
It's a pity that it's a critical moment to sell the Hong Kong Island office building to China Life Insurance Company. Her boss had something urgent to do and couldn't get away for a while, so he gave all three invitations to Li Jiaxin, a well-known Hong Kong actress and daughter-in-law of a billionaire.
Fan Wumian had heard Zuo Ziyan mention it on the phone.
She said that after buying the luxury house at 13 Tai Long Wan Road, her parents' circles became more high-end. While playing mahjong with Li Jiaxin, who became her family's neighbor, they talked about the invitation letter, and then they extended a favor.
This resulted in Li Jiaxin not only coming, but also bringing two of her good girlfriends, the granddaughter of a bank founder, and the flight attendant and Miss Hong Kong wife of veteran singer Li Keqin.
Fan Wumian, who was not paying attention to the fashion show, was still free to think about it. He thought that it was a good thing that Zuo Ziyan was too young and could not hang out with the socialites and rich ladies around Li Jiaxin.
Otherwise he would have a headache.
These women who have nothing to do all day are not easy to deal with. A few words of casual chat during afternoon tea can ruin the reputation of others in minutes and ban them from the Hong Kong socialite circle.
On the catwalk.
The fair-skinned female model with an elf-like appearance and temperament wore a horse-faced skirt printed with a partial pattern of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and paired it with a red shirt, presenting a unique beauty.
The entire early spring resort series includes a total of six different styles of horse-faced skirts, which are obviously Valentino's main style for the next season.
Seeing that many guests were obviously very satisfied with the new products with the theme of "Chinese Retro Trend", Fan Wumian once again expressed his deep gratitude to our ancestors for leaving behind such precious cultural heritage.
Unfortunately, he did not have any in-depth research on women's clothing, so he could only ask designers to find design inspiration from ancient paintings and try to integrate them with modern clothing.
Models appeared one after another and soon entered the second "Dream Date" theme.
During the intermission, many guests had already found opportunities to congratulate Fan Wumian in advance.
Even the global creative director of ELLE magazine praised the show for its great impact on her and hoped to arrange for Fan Wumian to be the cover character of the next issue of the magazine. This was exactly the opportunity that Valentino lacked to open up the market and enhance its influence, and Fan Wumian certainly would not refuse it.
The second "Dream Date" theme belongs to the spring and summer series, and its feature is that a large number of new products use embroidery elements.
These include short-sleeved shirts embroidered with Sanxingdui mask patterns and animal face patterns, as well as tight skirts that perfectly outline the models' figures.
Since the focus in the short term is to capture the Asian market, Fan Wumian cannot afford to take too big a step in transformation and worry about whether it will lead to bad results.
Anyway, in his opinion, many of Valentino's previous designs were not very beautiful and often had a strong earthy feel. It would be better to take a different approach and use more Chinese elements to distinguish the products from other luxury brands.
When Huang Shengyi appeared on the stage, the backpack around her waist instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
By the side.
Zhang Baizi couldn't hold it back any longer and lowered his voice to say:
"This bird bag has a really unique shape. I don't know why, but I really want to buy one of the same style."
I'm not cursing, it's just a "bird" bag.
With the sound of music covering the noise, Fan Wumian replied in a low voice:
"I just finished it yesterday. There is only one of its kind in the world. The prototype is a pottery eagle tripod from the Neolithic Age. I visited the design department a while ago and fell in love with the design of this bag at first sight. It can be placed upright on a table."
Zhang Baizi took a closer look at Huang Shengyi's bag and saw a golden "V" logo printed on the black ceramic eagle tripod-shaped bag.
She continued with a smile: "I will sign up now, you must sell it to me first."
Fan Wumian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and replied:
"Okay, I'll have someone send it to you once it's finished. I'm afraid this prototype won't work, as I've already promised it to someone else."
In fact, it was Zhuang Muxi who wanted it.
When the two first met, Fan Wumian knew that she liked to collect dolls and toys, and was far from being as goddess-like as she appeared.
The bag in the shape of a ceramic eagle tripod hit Zhuang Muxi's funny spot, and she rarely asked Fan Wumian for a gift in private.
He discovered that this peculiar-looking crossbody bag caused a greater sensation at the press conference than the horse-faced skirt. He thought about looking for similar materials and applying for some appearance patents in advance.
For luxury brands, collaborating with anime characters can easily lower their quality, but finding inspiration from traditional culture can help raise the brand image.
Of course Zhang Baizi did not force it and agreed with a smile.
soon.
The "Dream Date" theme also ended.
Compared with these mass-produced fashions, the haute couture series is more anticipated by Li Jiaxin and the third concubine.
Didn't let these rich ladies down.
One piece of flashy and expensive fashion after another was brought onto the stage by models for display.
When Zhuang Muxi wore the "Starlight Waterfall Skirt" on stage, Zhang Baizi whispered to her good friend Chen Farong through Fan Wumian:
"Fortunately, Li Jiaxin is married, otherwise the title of Hong Kong's most beautiful woman would probably be snatched away by this Miss Zhuang, and all the wealthy wives in Hong Kong would feel threatened."
Chen Farong had seen the gossip between Fan Wumian and Zhuang Muxi, and joked:
"Why don't you choose a young and handsome company boss and go after those married old men? The dress is pretty and she is pretty too. Fortunately, I didn't debut in the same era as Miss Zhuang, otherwise I would only be able to play the role of a little maid beside her."
How could Fan Wumian not hear it? He looked around at the two of them helplessly, realizing he had no way of explaining.
When the press conference was over, the models began to return and there was thunderous applause in the Milan Royal Palace show. Andy Lau was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling, and Director Feng raised his hands high in a thumbs-up gesture.
Many fashion industry executives and shareholders had unhappy expressions on their faces, having guessed in advance that the limelight of the recent fashion week would be snatched away by Valentino.
(End of this chapter)