Elle Fanning meant business at the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday in Los Angeles. The actress donned a custom Valentino suit designed by the label’s newest creative director, Alessandro Michele.

Watching his debut couture collection come down the runway in Paris this morning was a much-needed distraction from the mess ...

For his first haute couture collection for Valentino, Alessandro Michele dropped a stack of paper the size of a dissertation ...

Valentino Garavani’s legacy came through in the ruffles ... looking like they might blast off at any minute to some far-flung planet with no dress code. It was remarkable that 80 percent ...

Once the show got underway, a kind of digital ticker tape ran across the backdrop streaming even more words and proper names. Knowing that Michele is mad for Walter Benjamin, author of Arcades Project ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s ...

Gloves, £90, LA BAGAGERIE. Necklace (worn as bracelet and ring throughout), £4,300, TIFFANY & CO. Lycra and lace tights, to order, VALENTINO GARAVANI. Dress ILONA, and ring (worn on left hand ...

As a dedicated archivist, not only did Michele reference many different centuries and archetypes, but heavily referenced Valentino Garavani ... cut crepe de chine dress with a crimson ruffle ...

Valentino Haute Couture Spring Summer 2025 “Vertigineux” – “Dizzy” collection by Alessandro Michele. Story by Eleonora de Gray, Editor-in-Chief of RUNWAY MAGAZINE. Photo / Video Courtesy: Valentino.

The front of the dress was entirely black ... The jacket was fastened with a satin bow in the shade of red that Valentino Garavani, who designed the clothes that bore his name for 45 years before ...