collection there. Giving new meaning to the term "cruise collection," the American press covering the show arrived in Havana a mere two hours before the first U.S. cruise ship to dock there in decades. Now that Cuba is open to travel, we're dying to see the colorful Old Havana that inspired the collection's Panama hats, macrame dresses and vintage car prints.
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Valentino Resort 2017: Cuba
Chanel wasn't the only fashion house to take inspiration from Cuba: The Valentino Resort 2017 collection bloomed with Cuba's national flower, the white ginger lily, alongside appropriately tropical motifs and camouflage. As designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli told Vogue, "The thing we love about Cuba is the many different memories of the place—African, Spanish, ’50s America. It gave us a real freedom to mix, like a souvenir, lots of pieces together.