Previously presented at Paris Fashion Week, Valentino’s Spring/Summer 2025 collection is now presented in a new eclectic ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s closet and to run his hands over the rustling taffeta, glinting sequins, ...

Assessing Alessandro Michele’s couture debut for Valentino. Also, Armani Privé and Chanel keep things moving and Gaurav Gupta surprises. By Vanessa Friedman Reporting from Paris As the curtain ...

In approaching his first Haute Couture collection, "Vertigineaux" for Maison Valentino, or any label, Alessandro Michele looked to Umberto Eco’s 2009 book "The Infinity of Lists" as a beacon.

To decipher one of Alessandro Michele’s press releases can be a degree-level task: the thick tome left on each seat at the Italian designer’s first haute couture collection for Valentino, held in ...

Who is Sabato De Sarno?” It seems like a rather rude question to ask in a piece dedicated to Madame Frida Giannini, the ...

The Italian luxury brand’s creative director Alessandro Michele is behind the surreal vision, which is to promote the latest ...

For Alessandro Michele, who on Wednesday joined the most rarefied ranks of his profession with his debut made-to-measure collection for Valentino, it was both dazzling and a little bit dizzying.

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