In approaching his first Haute Couture collection, "Vertigineaux" for Maison Valentino, or any label, Alessandro Michele looked to Umberto Eco’s 2009 book "The Infinity of Lists" as a beacon.

Alessandro Michele - the genius behind Gucci’s seven-year buffet ... revive and refresh a heritage house in future-proof splendour - debuted his first ever haute couture line for Valentino, the maison ...

To decipher one of Alessandro Michele’s press releases can be a degree-level task: the thick tome left on each seat at the Italian designer’s first haute couture collection for Valentino, held in ...

Some designers want to cut through the noise. Alessandro Michele is embracing it. He titled his spring 2025 couture collection “Vertigineux,” and proceeded to stare down into the dizzying ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the ... Having set out in 1960 to create an haute couture house equivalent to those in Paris, Valentino dressed princesses and the wives of ...

Alessandro Michele’s debut couture collection for ... liquid-like fabrics were everywhere at haute couture week, with the ...

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right on through to Alessandro Michele's high octane couture debut at Valentino. Here, the best moments from the Haute Couture Spring 2025 shows.

You really feel that everything started from the Haute Couture. It’s almost everywhere ... Beyond his prowess as a designer, Michele is a thinker, and truly one of the most interesting people ...