Valentino’s dizzying display rocks the boat at Paris haute couture week Valentino presented a dizzying display at Paris haute couture week, fusing the past and present in theatrical, ostentatious designs.
As eccentric and extraordinary as anything he did for Gucci, but with an exquisite femininity that can only be Valentino; Michele presented frills, bows and capacious silhouettes juxtaposed against a digital backdrop, while Prokofiev’s Dance Of The Knights boomed through the speakers.
As the most hotly anticipated show of the week, Valentino’s spring/summer 2025 show was Alessandro Michele’s debut couture outing at the Italian fashion house.
It is then no surprise that haute couture onlookers were eager to see what he would muster from the rich tapestry of Valentino’s archive this week.
The collection was titled Vertigineux, meaning dizzy, which Michele certainly delivered, in the form of flashing lights, clashing colours and striking silhouettes.
