- Boo. [girlfriends laughing]
Did I scare you?
[upbeat cheerful music]
[door knocking]
Oh my gosh, Vogue!
Hello!
I'm Ashley Park and we're in Rome
for the Valentino Haute Couture Fashion Show
called The Beginning,
and I am at the beginning of my glam right now,
so do you wanna join me for the rest of it?
Also, say cheese!
Here's,
our balcony.
Would you like to step out here with me?
Hello Rome!
We have,
Laura,
our- - Hello-
- Beautiful Valentino beauty
makeup artist, and this beautiful set of,
oh my gosh, the glitter. [inhaling deeply]
- That's crazy. - This is gonna be fun.
[upbeat inspirational music]
I'm so excited to be here,
I'm gonna like start crying.
But like, [giggling] like Pierpaolo and Valentino,
this show being a love letter to the city of Rome,
and the people here, in the city have been so welcoming
and are so excited that this show is here.
Feels like the energy in this place
and around this show is just so beautiful,
and I'm really excited!
And then this is Sunnie.
- Hello, hi- - My hair stylist from LA
but she's spending time in Europe this summer
and I'm so blessed and happy
to have my friend be able to come.
It's always such a pleasure, but just to have a bit of home
and the safety of a friend is always,
and to experience these kinds of places with friends,
is always very meaningful.
So, yay!
Sorry. [girlfriends laughing]
The look for tonight, I'm so excited,
it's part of the P P pink.
Wait, I can't say P P pink without laughing.
[girlfriends laughing] Oh, it's like,
I'm not laughing at it at all
'cause I think it's one of the coolest collections,
ready to wear collections.
I've been dying to wear something from this collection.
So today's the day!
It's just super-classic, and chic, and,
actually has kind of a masculine cut which I love so much.
It's rich, it's saturated, it's powerful.
We'll talk about it later.
But anyway, so these are images from 1960s,
Valentino Rushka, well that was Rushka.
But yeah, I think because of the cut of the dress,
we wanted something chic but voluminous
and also romantic 'cause we're in Rome.
What's our end spiel for the makeup Laura?
Well the La Dolce Vita,
we say in Italy- - Yes!
- Fellinian mood, so the 60 mood,
the Roman light
that inspires us- - Yes,
I think the first show where,
they're gonna be walking down the Spanish Steps,
and, oh my gosh, I'm so excited!
[runway fashion music]
Okay, I feel- [laughing]
This is Erin, my stylist. - Hi!
- It is important to be friends
with the people you work with.
- At least friendly. [girlfriends laughing]
- We're friends. - We're friendly.
- Yeah, we're friends. [laughing]
There's lots of friends, who are here.
Ariana DeBose,
she and I met, it's a lot of Broadway fam.
She and I met, doing an audition
for the ensemble of "Mama Mia!" on Broadway, years ago.
We haven't seen each other in months,
and now we're seeing each other in Rome.
Andrew Garfield's here,
we were at the gym together earlier this morning. [laughing]
And, which is super-fun.
Who else?
Charles Melton, yeah.
Anyways, [mumbling] we decided
to really make, I mean, it's kind of
turning Bond girl, Rome Bond girl.
I do, [girlfriends chatting]
a lot of face massages for myself.
I'll do Gua Sha, and like little rollers, love that.
And I feel like it wakes up my face, especially for product.
I always try to eat something.
What other rituals?
I do like, I mean, I went to the gym this morning
'cause I think especially these events come in
after long days of travel or being in a different time zone,
just to like wake up my body and get my blood flowing again.
So, anything I can do,
just to feel good in my own skin, in my own body.
This is so funny that I'm talking into this mirror.
We're wearing,
what is it- - Pomellato.
- Pomellato, it's- - Pomellato.
Pomellato, the Roman designer.
Oh, I love the shape of these. - Those are insane.
- Man- - I mean maybe
we don't do the necklace, we'll see.
- That's true- - Sometimes-
- Let's try it. - They change the last minute.
Okay, but how do I open this? - How do we figure this out?
[Erin giggling] Hmmmm.
- We'll have to call Pomellato.
- Hello? - We got it?
- Oh, my God! - Oh my God!
[Ashley laughing happily]
- Cut your hair off! - Fashion's got it!
- Wow. - That's really great.
- Wait, I haven't put on the Valentino dress yet.
- And then we're gonna be just-
- This is what I'm wearing tonight.
- Yes! - No, oh!
- Valentino chic! - Your legs!
- Your legs- - I don't know
I have to- - Oh-
- We're gonna really cover them, yeah.
- Mm-mm, I love you! - Yayyy!
- Ooooh, what a thought! - Would you like an espresso?
Would you like a blueberry? - Do you have anything
stronger? [Ashley laughing]
Are you okay? - So I must be running late.
- You are. - She's done.
Where is it?
Does anyone have my invitation?
Is that, oh, here we go.
I actually haven't opened it yet.
Ashley Park,
Ah!
Look, oh, there it is!
Oh my goodness.
This personal invitation will be requested at,
okay, we gotta pack this.
We should pack this.
I will pack this. [birds chirping]
- Thick.
- Fine.
Thick, slick, wow. - We gotta go now.
- This is very comfortable. No, we gotta go. [Erin laughing]
We're running late.
But, what a comfortable chic,
look at the shoes, okay, pink.
We love it.
Sunnie, I love the hair! [Erin clapping]
It's so chic!
- It's so good. - Oh my gosh.
But you know, a secret, I'm wearing shorts!
- You are? - I'm wearing shorts, look!
The event is within the hour,
we're just putting on the final touches.
I love this outfit so much.
I'm obsessed with these platforms.
I feel elevated but comfortable,
and I will try to be safe in walking.
At least I'm not walking down the Spanish Steps. [laughing]
Like, I feel very empowered in it, but very comfortable,
and which I'm really excited about.
And this color is just awesome.
I love how everything kind of came together.
[crowds chattering]
I feel like we are ready to go to the Valentino show.
[exciting music] [crowds cheering]
Well we're in Rome.
When in Rome!
Man, I spend so much time trying to learn French,
and now I'm in Italy.
I'll learn Italian too.
I mean, oh, it's like golden hour right now too.
It's just gorgeous.
There's something about being
in a city like this with this much,
ooh, history! [laughing]
- He's- - Hi!
- He was with me during my first,
Valentino fitting,
- Yes. - Last season
of "Emily in Paris", my favorite dress, I got to wear.
- And look at you now. - And you put it on me.
- Here you are in Rome- - Oh my God, we're in Rome!
[upbeat rhythmic music]
- Are you new? - Yes, yes!
- I think I'll walk down the aisle.
- No, no, you're laying down. [laughing]