The Standard Times (Massachusetts)

"Young designer hand beads sexy creations."




Pittsburgh Tribune Review

"[The designer] is self-taught.... His website, www.victorrossi.com, offers company information as well as fashion forecasts and tips."




The Baltimore Sun
by Maria Blackburn

"The designer's delicately hand beaded evening dresses and separates look like the creations of an experienced, senior designer..... The dresses and tops in his collection are sexy and sophisticated, simple and extravagant."




Designs on success

[The designer] dreams his dreams and eyes the stars while working with colourful slinky fabrics, beads and sequins. He plays out his fantasies of a perfect evening dress on his designing board....

The secret of his success lies in the fabric. "The fabric is light and it clings to the thin or the full-figured woman. It's not heavy, it's flattering. It flows as they move," explains [the designer], whose "secret fascination" is long dresses. Intricate beaded work is the signature of his collection.

"When I design something for somebody and I see their face light up, it makes all the hard work worthwhile. I really appreciate the thanks I get from my clients," he says.




David Blecman

(Above) White lines: Miss Maryland USA 2001, Megan Gunning, in one of Victor Rossi’s custom gowns.


(Far left) Miss Albania 2002, Miss Anisa Kospiri, wearing a Victor Rossi original during her national costume competition. Miss Albania finished in the TOP 10 at MISS UNIVERSE this year.
(Near left) Miss Albania 2002, Miss Anisa Kospiri, wearing another Victor Rossi design while with the former First Lady and current New York Senator, Hillary Clinton, and the former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright.




(Far left) White lace Victor Rossi dress with applique work
(Near left) Dorothy Hamill, World and Olympic Champion, wearing Victor Rossi at a charity benefit.




(Far left) Miss Albania 2003, Denisa Kola, shined in a much accoladed black tulle gown at Miss Universe 2003. Albania's evening gown (a concensus top 15 gown at Miss Universe 2003) was one of Miss Gina's (fashion critic of www.globalbeauties.com) picks for "most fabulous." Miss Gina wrote, "Miss Albania will be wearing one of the most elegant and classic creations of this pageant, beautifully embroiled and well worn by a Mediterranean goddess."
(Middle left) World renowned fashion photographer, Fadil Berisha, captures Miss Albania's stunning beauty while she wears another Victor Rossi creation.
(Near left) Hollywood actress Stephanie March wears Victor Rossi in Chris Rock's movie, "Head of State."






(Left) Fashion Editor Pascale Lemaire and photographer David Colwell worked their magic in two separate bridal spectacular photo shoots featuring Victor Rossi.


Gown and country
By Ryan Songco for Baltimore Magazine

Victor Rossi has been a busy man. He has fitted numerous celebrities and pageant contestants in his elaborately hand-beaded gowns. He has shown in London and New York....

Nom de couture aside, each of [the designer's] hand-beaded gowns.... is a made-to-order custom creation. His work is available in New York, and is now getting into major English retailers (though [the designer] jokes that "I’m too young for Harrods").

Not that it’s about getting rich. "I don’t do this for the money. I want people to wear my clothes and feel happy." Last year, he produced a cancer benefit fashion show at London’s Godolphin and Latymer School. He’s pushing for Maryland schools to increase their resources to the arts. And he’s developed a mentoring program for teens interested in a fashion career....