Alessandro Michele dressed four celebrities in Valentino for the 2025 Governors Awards on Sunday. Frazer Harrison/WireImage Retro, But To What End? Honestly, I’ve been a bit baffled by Amanda Seyfried’s recent red carpet choices, because they haven’t felt as consistent as we’re used to seeing, and that continues with this Valentino Resort 2026 gown. The…
Published October 13, 2025 Paris remains the queen of fashion. According to a recent Onclusive analysis of the four major Fashion Weeks (New York, London, Milan, Paris) for the Spring/Summer 2026 season, Paris and its haute couture houses overwhelmingly dominated the media and digital landscape, while other capitals struggled to keep up. Paris decisively outpaced…
The invitation for the Valentino show this season came with a packet of glow sticks. It was one way to fight your way through the ambient gloom. Creative director Alessandro Michele has been struggling to make sense of his job at a time when many people are simply struggling to survive. He came across a…
Published October 5, 2025 A Sunday in demi tones in Paris Fashion Week: A train-wreck debut at Jean-Paul Gaultier; savvy merch at Celine; elegantly fine art at Akris; and the same old, same old by Alessandro Michele at Valentino. Jean-Paul Gaultier: Train wreck in Jacques Chirac’s basement Too many debutant designers played safe this season,…
PAL-ENTINO: Colman Domingo and Pamela Anderson made fast friends sitting side-by-side at the Valentino show Sunday afternoon. Domingo, a house brand ambassador who has worn several custom looks at recent events, is a show regular. But for Anderson, it was her first Valentino show. “But I’ve always been a fan,” she said. The two actors…
Aside from Colman Domingo, Alessandro Michele dressed three more celebrities in Valentino for the 2025 Emmy Awards, each with very different results. John Shearer/WireImage capelet charm This might divide opinion, but I’m firmly in the “love” camp when it comes to Parker Posey’s lilac custom Valentino. The capelet detail instantly reminded me of Maude Apatow’s…
In the latest “Savage Fashion” podcast episode, WWD’s chief content officer Jim Fallon and style director Alex Badia sat down with Michael Grynbaum to discuss his new book “Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America,” filmed at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York. The stories from Grynbaum’s book personally…
PARIS – Fashion and philosophy may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but when Alessandro Michele met Emanuele Coccia, they immediately spoke the same language. The creative director of Valentino and the philosopher resumed their long-running conversation on stage for an event at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris to mark the release of the French edition…
FLORENCE — The city of Florence was originally named Florentia, which in Latin means blossoming. Therefore it was only fitting that Gucci would return to the city where it was founded in 1921 to show its cruise 2026 collection — also the home of the Renaissance — as it works to once again flourish after…