Valentino - The All-Things Valentino Thread

[Frederic01]

Is this by Alessandro or actual Mr. Valentino?


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[fashionmarketeditor]

Is this by Alessandro or actual Mr. Valentino?


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I’m not sure but wow it’s really lovely!

 

[PDFSD]

WWD

EXCLUSIVE: Valentino to Hold Fall 2026 Show in Rome​

The event will be held in the Italian capital, home to both Valentino Garavani and creative director Alessandro Michele, on March 12, outside the Paris Fashion Week calendar.
ByLUISA ZARGANI

DECEMBER 19, 2025, 11:16AM​

Alessandro Michele COURTESY IMAGE

MILAN — Valentino will exceptionally hold its next fashion show in Rome, decamping from Paris for one season.
Unveiling the brand’s fall 2026 collection, the event will be held on March 12 in a still undisclosed location.
The couture house was founded in Rome by Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti in 1960 and its headquarters remain in Piazza Mignanelli.
A brief statement noted that returning to Rome marks creative director Alessandro Michele’s “homage to the origins and enduring heritage of Maison Valentino,” and that the brand will return to Paris with the subsequent fashion show.

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LOL

 

[carla56]

It smells of an adieu

 

[Lola701]

Im actually surprised that they will spend additional money to entertain all the industry to Rome instead of having a Parisian show.

I guess they saved a lot of money with AI campaign so there’s more budget. It surely means more AI campaigns and visuals in the future.

It would make sense to have Couture in Rome but ok…

Exactly, the smell of a farewell even though he only has been there since last year. So not even the usual 3 years/5 years contract.

 

[thiago:)]

What a legend. Rest in peace.

 

[LadyJunon]

I love/hate how the official accounts have said absolutely nothing about the passing of their founder.

 

[brandon J pierre]

The Last master couture is officially dead

 

[WAVES]

oh no. addio, Maestro!

 

[Frederic01]

I love/hate how the official accounts have said absolutely nothing about the passing of their founder.

MAISON VALENTINO

 

[FashionPower]

So much truth in such few words

 

[Lola701]

Much like Karl, his body of work is highly underrated.
Beyond the Jet Set, the lifestyle and Hollywood, he was a master (much like Karl) of flou.
Nobody can do flou like those two. A touch that is dearly missed.

 

[PDFSD]

Much like Karl, his body of work is highly underrated.
Beyond the Jet Set, the lifestyle and Hollywood, he was a master (much like Karl) of flou.
Nobody can do flou like those two. A touch that is dearly missed.

yes ...its not even about nostalgia ....its really about craft and mastering it to a T
Quality was there in make and design, even if it did not always land or was timely.

 

[Lola701]

yes ...its not even about nostalgia ....its really about craft and mastering it to a T
Quality was there in make and design, even if it did not always land or was timely.

The new generation and tbh it has been an ongoing thing for 20 years now, has unfortunately the disadvantage of not having learned in the Couture trenches.

There are a lot of great designers, a lot of talented artistic directors but in reality, there aren’t that many Grands Couturiers.

For me Les Grands Couturiers are those who can triumph in La virtuosité du Classicisme.

And when I think of it, the last grand couturier in recent time was Alber Elbaz.

 

[PDFSD]

The new generation and tbh it has been an ongoing thing for 20 years now, has unfortunately the disadvantage of not having learned in the Couture trenches.

There are a lot of great designers, a lot of talented artistic directors but in reality, there aren’t that many Grands Couturiers.

For me Les Grands Couturiers are those who can triumph in La virtuosité du Classicisme.

And when I think of it, the last grand couturier in recent time was Alber Elbaz.

there are ateliers and there is information if there is will ...i worked as you know with studio´s ...the will is most of the time not there and if it's there not promoted.

post Alber Elbaz & ALAIA i think a creative director that shows interests to do things in the right way in La virtuosité du Classicisme is Hedi even while he also balance the commercial realty and speed of developing collections.

i don't know who else at the moment that comes close to this drive to do things in the right way let alone pushing things forward.

 

[evaislegit]

there are ateliers and there is information if there is will ...i worked as you know with studio´s ...the will is most of the time not there and if it's there not promoted.

post Alber Elbaz & ALAIA i think a creative director that shows interests to do things in the right way in La virtuosité du Classicisme is Hedi even while he also balance the commercial realty and speed of developing collections.

i don't know who else at the moment that comes close to this drive to do things in the right way let alone pushing things forward.

daniel roseberry?

 

[Lola701]

there are ateliers and there is information if there is will ...i worked as you know with studio´s ...the will is most of the time not there and if it's there not promoted.

post Alber Elbaz & ALAIA i think a creative director that shows interests to do things in the right way in La virtuosité du Classicisme is Hedi even while he also balance the commercial realty and speed of developing collections.

i don't know who else at the moment that comes close to this drive to do things in the right way let alone pushing things forward.

Hmm…
I know it’s a very unpopular opinion here but Hedi is not in any league to me when it comes to that.
There’s no virtuosity in his clothes. They are cool, they have attitude…Everything you want. But there’s no emotion in his clothes. It’s classic it’s well made but it’s not virtuosity.

Alber could make something out of nothing. There’s a lightness in his hand that was visible and invisible in his clothes.

I’m not talking about classic clothes per say but the ability to evoke classicism and transform it.

Valentino or Karl or Alber had ways to cut their clothes in a very hard to replicate way.

The same way, I think Galliano is. Nobody can do a biais cut dress like him. McQueen was a great designer but not a grand couturier.
Hedi is a great creative director, a great designer because of what he applied to menswear but in womenswear, I can’t give him his flowers and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.

But I will say that his approach s’inscrit in the classic tradition of Couture. Is that enough to be a Grand Couturier? Giambattista Valli is a Grand Couturier then…

daniel roseberry?

No. He is talented, he is passionate but no.

Riccardo Tisci can be when he taps into the most classic part of his repertoire.

Roseberry is the Mugler school. Thierry Mugler was a great designer, not so much a grand couturier.

 

[Kanzai]

Great grand couturiers in the last 50 years IMHO: Yves Saint Laurent, Azzedine Alaia, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld and probably Gaultier. Alber was solid but he’s not up there, great technician but not visionary.

And you have great-visionary non-couturiers like Rei, Yohji, Issey, Armani, Margiela, Lang, Miuccia, Ford etc.

 

[Kanzai]

Alber was at best around Olivier Theyskens, he’s loved but let’s be real guys.

 

[Lola701]

I think maybe after all it’s a matter of personal appreciation. You don’t need to be a visionary or to drive the fashion conversation to be a Grand Couturier.
Valentino never drove the fashion conversation. He was always of his time. But he was a Grand Couturier. Pierre Cardin was a visionary, a trailblazer but was never a Grand Couturier.

I don’t think doing great things under the Haute Couture label automatically gives you the Grand Couturier stamp.

I think Olivier Theyskens had more of a sensibility of a Couturier than Lee McQueen ever had despite having never drove a fashion conversation and not being a great visionary of fashion.

For me it’s not really and only the contest in doing the most amazing thing. It’s also being able the excel in simplicity. YSL could do any knitted Russian doll he wanted, at some point nobody could replicate his tailleurs pantalons and his draped satin gowns.

Galliano could do any craziness but when you look at the Dior SS1999 couture you realize that he can have the same impact when he whispers as when he shouts.

Alber never did Haute Couture but his work, particularly at Lanvin showed his sensibility. What I think was very interesting about his work was that he had the same sensibility with Tailleurs and Flou as he applied the flou to his tailleurs. In general designers lean more intro structure.
Thierry Mugler or Alexander McQueen are mostly known for doing structured dresses, structured tailoring. Some designers can do opposites like Karl who had a clear division between his tailoring and his flou most of the time.

But with Alber, the sensibility of flou was applied everywhere…Whenever he did a coat, a suit or a dress, which tricked the eye in the illusion of lightness.