Alessandro Michele’s Valentino Paris Fashion Week Show Is The Stuff Of Dreams

The Italian fashion house’s latest presentation is a re-introduction to the eclectic world of Michele

Metro.Style Team

September 30, 2024, 01:32 PM

At Valentino, a new era is unfolding. Marked by a familiar exploration of times past, endless frills and flounces, and an unmistakable maximalist air recognizable from miles away, newly appointed creative director Alessandro Michele finds his spot at the house for his very first runway show this Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2025.

Following the departure of the fashion house’s previous creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli earlier this year, Valentino welcomed former Gucci visionary Alessandro Michele at its forefront. Entitled “Pavillon des Folies”, Michele’s PFW debut collection is an exploration on the meaning of beauty as an enduring inspiration for life, unveiling a new universe from which Valentino begins its next chapter.

“...Beauty can represent a remedy for the anguish that arises from the ephemeral and undetermined nature of our destiny. An anchor to navigate within that ‘pavillon des folies’ we call life,” the director expresses in his show letter.

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On cracked surfaces shabbily framed by fabric-covered furniture and warm lights, models walked by in an abundance of sheers, polka dots, and layers upon layers of prints and textures. Albeit a first at Maison Valentino, the collection was no doubt an Alessandro Michele classic. The enduring question now though, is that if it’s Valentino.

Guests in the show include Harry Styles, Elton John, and Andrew Garfield, known close friends of Alessandro. Take a look into the S/S ‘25 looks below.