‘I Love (You)’: Designers’ Handmade Cards for Valentine’s Day
‘Love’ by Alberta Ferretti.
‘Love’ by Alberta Ferretti.
Antonio Marras’ Valentine’s Day card shows a lot of love to WWD.
“Spend every 14th of February with your Valentine on a beach in Tahiti or at least pretend to,” Arthur Yates, designer, Bruta.
“I decided to call this piece ‘Simultaneously Dreaming of Love’ as a reference, not only to the connection between two people, but also the power of Valentine’s Day — this one day in the year when so many of us, whether we are in a happy or sad place, our channelling our deepest feelings at the same time,” Gill Button.
‘Simultaneously Dreaming of Love’: Gill Button’s Valentine’s Day illustration for WWD.
Monsieur Jean-Charles de Castelbajac shared a small personal anecdote about Valentine’s Day: “A long time ago, for Valentine’s Day, I took my girlfriend for a ride on my old Harley Davidson from the 1950s. Suddenly, when we were in the middle of nowhere, we ran out of gas, but fortunately we had a reserve of kisses.”
What’s Valentine’s Day about? ‘Love and Romance,’ according to Lorenzo Serafini.
‘Share the Love,’ Manish Arora’s Valentine’s card for WWD.
“Pink to make the boys wink,” Olivia von Halle.
“Valentine’s day should be about snogging. So here, have a snog on me! Happy Snog Day!” Rankin.
“Valentine’s day should be about snogging. So here, have a snog on me! Happy Snog Day!” Rankin.
“Our wedding announcement, August 26, 2006,” Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy.
“Our valentine is based on a knit program for a fair isle sweater which is now part of our archive of classic Sibling graphics and sweaters. This could be a scarf or a blanket for when your love is long distance and unable to keep you warm,” Cozette McCreery and Sid Bryan.
‘Happy Valentines for all dreamy lovers x Spread the love ❤️,’ Alice Temperley.
“Valentine’s Day is for me the day my secret admirers send me red roses!” Yaz Kurhan, creator of Yazbukey.
“Be desired and loved every day. Happy Valentine,” Christina Exteen, creative director of By Malene Birger.