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"  Photo: Getty Images The temperature outside last night may have been downright frigid, but inside there was nothing but warm and cozy feelings for Valentino Garavani as London&amp;#039;s fashion community came out for a VIP view of the Valentino: Master of Couture exhibition at Somerset House. Fresh off her win as Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards, Stella McCartney joined guests Alexa Chung, Dita Von Teese, Edie Campbell, Elizabeth Hurley, and Carolina Herrera in nibbling on anchovy-wrapped mozzarella and sipping on prosecco as they took in the selection of Garavani&amp;#039;s most stunning haute couture pieces. With Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie in the house, there was a strong royal presence, though none seemed more delighted to be there than Princess Marie Chantal of Greece, whose custom Valentino pearl-encrusted ivory silk wedding gown from 1995 is a lynchpin of the exhibition.  &amp;quot;I think the curation is so beautiful, and [I love] the idea of having the viewers be the audience,&amp;quot; designer Erdem Moralioglu told ELLE.com. &amp;quot;I think Valentino is such a legend, and I particularly think that all of the things from the early part of his career are so interesting to see. It&amp;#039;s really interesting how you see the dresses from each period\u2014the &amp;#039;60s dresses feel very &amp;#039;60s, the &amp;#039;70s dresses feel like they&amp;#039;re part of the &amp;#039;70s. It&amp;#039;s just so beautiful.&amp;quot; Naturally, the show&amp;#039;s focus on couture had clearly made an impression on Moralioglu, who picked up the New Establishment award at this week&amp;#039;s BFAs. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve always been interested in couture,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Couture is something that&amp;#039;s done by hand, and I&amp;#039;ve always been interested in exploring that aspect of work...One day, who knows, maybe [I will do] a couture line. What a dream.&amp;quot; In the meantime, he&amp;#039;s setting his sights on the holidays, which he plans to spend at his new house\u2014where, perhaps, a little something special will be waiting under the tree. &amp;quot;I really want an iPad 2,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Just putting that out there\u2026&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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