To call the first week back from the holiday break congested would be an understatement. Bringing this page out of his musician-heavy holiday stupor, however hasn’t prevented the Ford Models Blog from picking over the bones of the last five days for a tasty morsel. To that end it doesn’t get much more scrumptious than the Valentino S/S 11 campaign by photographer David Sims featuring Ford’s Julia Saner. According to Style.com, their “exclusive” preview of the campaign was shot in the Valentino’s Place Vendôme home in the 1er arrondissement of Paris. Creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli believe the campaign reveals the collection’s “airy atmosphere and captures the brand’s lifestyle.” No disagreement there — the campaign preview is breathtaking. Incidentally the look Julie is wearing is the very first look she wore when she opened the Valentino S/S 11 show in Paris last October. If that isn’t prescient, then what is?

Please visit Style.com to read more about the Valentino S/S 11 campaign by David Sims.

Credits include: Client, Valentino; Campaign, S/S 11; Creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Pier Paolo Piccioli; Photography, David Sims; Images source, Style.com.

Julia Saner for Valentino S/S 11 (Photography: David Sims)