ℹ️ Skipped - page is already crawled
| Filter | Status | Condition | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTTP status | PASS | download_http_code = 200 | HTTP 200 |
| Age cutoff | PASS | download_stamp > now() - 6 MONTH | 0.1 months ago |
| History drop | PASS | isNull(history_drop_reason) | No drop reason |
| Spam/ban | PASS | fh_dont_index != 1 AND ml_spam_score = 0 | ml_spam_score=0 |
| Canonical | PASS | meta_canonical IS NULL OR = '' OR = src_unparsed | Not set |
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| URL | https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/valentino-alessandro-michele-aw-2026-show-rome |
| Last Crawled | 2026-04-15 01:26:52 (2 days ago) |
| First Indexed | 2026-03-13 16:00:29 (1 month ago) |
| HTTP Status Code | 200 |
| Meta Title | Valentino returns to its roots in Rome with A/W 2026 show | Wallpaper* |
| Meta Description | Closing out fashion month, the ‘poetic and spectacular’ show saw Alessandro Michele take the house back to its home city |
| Meta Canonical | null |
| Boilerpipe Text | Alessandro Michele might not have planned for the Eternal City to be cloaked in anthracite clouds nor a ten-hour downpour when the invitations went out for his big homecoming show in
Rome
for
Valentino
. But few other designers’ outputs would actually be enhanced by such a moody meteorological intervention.
‘I think that the dark made inside even more kind of poetic and spectacular,’ he shared conspiratorially backstage. ‘The outside was so dark, which is very unexpected in Rome, but it was like the ceilings inside.’
Valentino returns to its roots in Rome
(Image credit: Valentino)
On Thursday evening, the Valentino creative designer pulled the fashion week train into the station, closing the A/W 2026 collections with a show on a spectacular scale staged at the storied Palazzo Barberini. Mere puddle hops from the original Valentino HQ on Piazza Mignanelli, the location was a poignant homage to the brand’s founder, Valentino Garavani,
who died in January aged 93
and an ode to the archive he created there.
Home to several exquisitely moody frescoes by Passeri, Camassei and Caravaggio, Michele said he chose the venue for its architectural tension, the result of a heated rivalry between Baroque architects Francesco Borromini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who each designed parts of the Baroque palace – including its two dramatic staircases.
‘They really represent the beauty of chaos,’ he said. ‘This is almost my job, you know, to make and to create the tension and the dialogue between different things.’
(Image credit: Valentino)
They were themes mirrored in the collection that saw Michele mine the 1980s archive – a period when Garavani was prolific but has seldom been revisited since, said the designer – before massaging its codes into clothes that were empowering in a subtler way.
Shoulders were structured yet softened with cascading silk sleeves for evening or slightly off-centre with a faded floral print for day. Tailoring was jaunty, by way of asymmetric sequinned lapels and belted bejewelled wool coats.
Mini
dresses were cinched with cummerbunds and worn with the return of the Rockstud pump, and suits were buttoned up with brooches. Meanwhile trousers were pin-tucked, belted and worn with a box-fresh New Balance.
‘It's about Valentino. It's about beauty. It's about the tension between me and the conversation between me and the brand, and kind of a beauty that I'm trying to translate in a very specific, poetical way,’ said Michele.
(Image credit: Valentino)
Case in point, the finale: a backless jewelled jersey dress (100 per cent Michele) in Valentino Red (100 per cent Valentino). ‘I'm trying to always keep a red dress. It means life and richness, it's an intense colour, you know, and the colour is like the code of the brand. It's like the GG when I was in
Gucci
.’
Rome seems to bring out the best in Michele. Himself a son of the city, few know better than a native how to capture its sartorial idiosyncrasies. It’s a bit high-net-worth heirloom, a bit borrowed-from-your-bestie and wholly Michele's MO. He did it at Gucci during his era-defining tenure that transformed the Milanese house’s fortunes, and he’s astutely developing on it here at a time when Gen-Z shoppers are returning to the new-wave vintage look that Michele has owned for over a decade.
Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox.
The front-row guests – including Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyla, Colman Domingo and after-party performer Lily Allen – represented its cross-generational appeal, too.
(Image credit: Valentino)
‘I love everything about Valentino, especially Alessandro Michele's Valentino because I feel masculine, sexy, and also, like, a bit of a
flâneur
, you know what I mean?’ Valentino ambassador Domingo told Wallpaper*.
‘It really makes you feel like you're in a fantasy. You're in a dream. And I think it's supposed to be in this world where things are hard and tough,’ he continued. ‘It’s nice to lean into that, with an art form such as fashion. It feels like, again, we're in a place where we were being lifted up to the heavens, to something bigger than ourselves. And we can do that with art, and we can do that with poetry and science. I think it's so pointed for us to be in a place like this today.’
valentino.com
(Image credit: Valentino) |
| Markdown | 
[ Wallpaper\*](https://www.wallpaper.com/)
Subscribe
×
- [Architecture](https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture)
- [Design & interiors](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors)
- [Art & Culture](https://www.wallpaper.com/art)
- [Watches & Jewellery](https://www.wallpaper.com/watches-jewellery)
- [Fashion & Beauty](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty)
- More
- [Technology](https://www.wallpaper.com/tech)
- [Transportation](https://www.wallpaper.com/transportation)
- [Travel](https://www.wallpaper.com/travel)
- [Entertaining](https://www.wallpaper.com/entertaining)
[Sign up to our newsletter Newsletter](https://www.wallpaper.com/newsletter)
[Wallpaper\* Magazine Subscription](https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=2961&awinaffid=103504&clickref=wallpaper-us-5164362699295732342&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magazinesdirect.com%2Fxwp-brandsite)
[](https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=2961&awinaffid=103504&clickref=wallpaper-us-5164362699295732342&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magazinesdirect.com%2Fxwp-brandsite)
Why subscribe?
- Receive artist-designed, limited-edition covers with your print subscription
- Choose a print or digital subscription, or both
[From\$46.75](https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=2961&awinaffid=103504&clickref=wallpaper-us-5164362699295732342&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magazinesdirect.com%2Fxwp-brandsite)
[Subscribe now](https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=2961&awinaffid=103504&clickref=wallpaper-us-5164362699295732342&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magazinesdirect.com%2Fxwp-brandsite)
Trending
- [Build your own Eames House](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/eames-house-pavilion-kettal)
- [Prince off-stage](https://www.wallpaper.com/art/photography/prince-collected-photographs-steve-parke-2026)
- [Houses of the month](https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/residential/best-residential-architecture-march-2026)
- [Milan Design Week](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/salone-del-mobile)
- [Rolex Datejust Book](https://www.wallpaper.com/store?utm=RolexTrendLink)
1. [Fashion & Beauty](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty)
# Valentino returns to its roots in Rome with a ‘poetic and spectacular’ runway show at Palazzo Barberini
Closing out fashion month, the homecoming show was inspired by the heated rivalry between architects Francesco Borromini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who each designed parts of the Baroque palace
By [Scarlett Conlon](https://www.wallpaper.com/author/scarlett-conlon)
published
March 13, 2026
in [News](https://www.wallpaper.com/news)
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. [Here’s how it works](https://futureplc.com/terms-conditions/).
Valentino’s A/W 2026 show, which saw Alessandro Michele take over Rome’s Palazzo Barberini last night (12 March 2026)
(Image credit: Photography by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty Images)
Share
- Copy link
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wallpaper.com%2Ffashion-beauty%2Fvalentino-alessandro-michele-aw-2026-show-rome)
- [X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Valentino+returns+to+its+roots+in+Rome+with+a+%E2%80%98poetic+and+spectacular%E2%80%99+runway+show+at+Palazzo+Barberini&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wallpaper.com%2Ffashion-beauty%2Fvalentino-alessandro-michele-aw-2026-show-rome)
- [Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=Valentino+returns+to+its+roots+in+Rome+with+a+%E2%80%98poetic+and+spectacular%E2%80%99+runway+show+at+Palazzo+Barberini+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wallpaper.com%2Ffashion-beauty%2Fvalentino-alessandro-michele-aw-2026-show-rome?fwa)
- [Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wallpaper.com%2Ffashion-beauty%2Fvalentino-alessandro-michele-aw-2026-show-rome&media=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net%2FcN2GofkNccWT6oWxKvm577.jpg)
Share this article
Join the conversation
[Follow us](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=wallpaper.com)
Add us as a preferred source on Google
Newsletter
Wallpaper\* Newsletter
Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox.
***
By signing up, you agree to our [Terms of services](https:\/\/futureplc.com\/terms-conditions\/) and acknowledge that you have read our [Privacy Notice](https:\/\/futureplc.com\/privacy-policy\/). You also agree to receive marketing emails from us that may include promotions from our trusted partners and sponsors, which you can unsubscribe from at any time.
You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
***
Want to add more newsletters?
Daily (Mon-Sun)
Daily Digest
Sign up for global news and reviews, a Wallpaper\* take on architecture, design, art & culture, fashion & beauty, travel, tech, watches & jewellery and more.
Subscribe +
Monthly, coming soon
The Rundown
A design-minded take on the world of style from Wallpaper\* fashion features editor Jack Moss, from global runway shows to insider news and emerging trends.
Subscribe +
Monthly, coming soon
The Design File
A closer look at the people and places shaping design, from inspiring interiors to exceptional products, in an expert edit by Wallpaper\* global design director Hugo Macdonald.
Subscribe +
***
An account already exists for this email address, please log in.
Subscribe to our newsletter
Alessandro Michele might not have planned for the Eternal City to be cloaked in anthracite clouds nor a ten-hour downpour when the invitations went out for his big homecoming show in [Rome](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/rome) for [Valentino](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/valentino). But few other designers’ outputs would actually be enhanced by such a moody meteorological intervention.
‘I think that the dark made inside even more kind of poetic and spectacular,’ he shared conspiratorially backstage. ‘The outside was so dark, which is very unexpected in Rome, but it was like the ceilings inside.’
## Valentino returns to its roots in Rome
(Image credit: Valentino)
On Thursday evening, the Valentino creative designer pulled the fashion week train into the station, closing the A/W 2026 collections with a show on a spectacular scale staged at the storied Palazzo Barberini. Mere puddle hops from the original Valentino HQ on Piazza Mignanelli, the location was a poignant homage to the brand’s founder, Valentino Garavani, [who died in January aged 93](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/valentino-garavani-obituary) and an ode to the archive he created there.
Home to several exquisitely moody frescoes by Passeri, Camassei and Caravaggio, Michele said he chose the venue for its architectural tension, the result of a heated rivalry between Baroque architects Francesco Borromini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who each designed parts of the Baroque palace – including its two dramatic staircases.
‘They really represent the beauty of chaos,’ he said. ‘This is almost my job, you know, to make and to create the tension and the dialogue between different things.’
(Image credit: Valentino)
They were themes mirrored in the collection that saw Michele mine the 1980s archive – a period when Garavani was prolific but has seldom been revisited since, said the designer – before massaging its codes into clothes that were empowering in a subtler way.
Shoulders were structured yet softened with cascading silk sleeves for evening or slightly off-centre with a faded floral print for day. Tailoring was jaunty, by way of asymmetric sequinned lapels and belted bejewelled wool coats. [Mini](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/mini) dresses were cinched with cummerbunds and worn with the return of the Rockstud pump, and suits were buttoned up with brooches. Meanwhile trousers were pin-tucked, belted and worn with a box-fresh New Balance.
‘It's about Valentino. It's about beauty. It's about the tension between me and the conversation between me and the brand, and kind of a beauty that I'm trying to translate in a very specific, poetical way,’ said Michele.
(Image credit: Valentino)
Case in point, the finale: a backless jewelled jersey dress (100 per cent Michele) in Valentino Red (100 per cent Valentino). ‘I'm trying to always keep a red dress. It means life and richness, it's an intense colour, you know, and the colour is like the code of the brand. It's like the GG when I was in [Gucci](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/gucci).’
Rome seems to bring out the best in Michele. Himself a son of the city, few know better than a native how to capture its sartorial idiosyncrasies. It’s a bit high-net-worth heirloom, a bit borrowed-from-your-bestie and wholly Michele's MO. He did it at Gucci during his era-defining tenure that transformed the Milanese house’s fortunes, and he’s astutely developing on it here at a time when Gen-Z shoppers are returning to the new-wave vintage look that Michele has owned for over a decade.
Wallpaper\* Newsletter
Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox.
By signing up, you agree to our [Terms of services](https:\/\/futureplc.com\/terms-conditions\/) and acknowledge that you have read our [Privacy Notice](https:\/\/futureplc.com\/privacy-policy\/). You also agree to receive marketing emails from us that may include promotions from our trusted partners and sponsors, which you can unsubscribe from at any time.
The front-row guests – including Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyla, Colman Domingo and after-party performer Lily Allen – represented its cross-generational appeal, too.
(Image credit: Valentino)
‘I love everything about Valentino, especially Alessandro Michele's Valentino because I feel masculine, sexy, and also, like, a bit of a *flâneur*, you know what I mean?’ Valentino ambassador Domingo told Wallpaper\*.
‘It really makes you feel like you're in a fantasy. You're in a dream. And I think it's supposed to be in this world where things are hard and tough,’ he continued. ‘It’s nice to lean into that, with an art form such as fashion. It feels like, again, we're in a place where we were being lifted up to the heavens, to something bigger than ourselves. And we can do that with art, and we can do that with poetry and science. I think it's so pointed for us to be in a place like this today.’
[valentino.com](https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&mid=44704&u1=wallpaper-us-8482863104673696491&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.valentino.com%2Fen-gb%2F)
(Image credit: Valentino)
TOPICS
[Valentino](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/valentino)
[Scarlett Conlon](https://www.wallpaper.com/author/scarlett-conlon)
Scarlett Conlon a freelance journalist and consultant specialising in fashion, design and lifestyle. Before relocating to Italy, she held roles as deputy fashion editor at *The Guardian* and *Observer* and news editor at British *Vogue* in London. She is currently a regular contributor Wallpaper\* Magazine among other prominent international fashion and design titles.
Read more
[ The architecture of fashion week: these are A/W 2026’s standout show sets](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/best-runway-show-sets-aw-2026 "The architecture of fashion week: these are A/W 2026’s standout show sets")
[ The standout shows of Milan Fashion Week A/W 2026, from Prada to Bottega Veneta](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/milan-fashion-week-aw-2026-review-standout-shows "The standout shows of Milan Fashion Week A/W 2026, from Prada to Bottega Veneta")
[ The best collections of a historic Haute Couture Week, from debuts to peep shows](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/haute-couture-week-ss-2026-best-of "The best collections of a historic Haute Couture Week, from debuts to peep shows")
[ The best of Paris Fashion Week A/W 2026: live from the Wallpaper\* editors](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/live/paris-fashion-week-aw-2026-live-updates-best-shows "The best of Paris Fashion Week A/W 2026: live from the Wallpaper* editors")
[ The best of Milan Fashion Week A/W 2026: live from the Wallpaper\* editors](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/live/milan-fashion-week-aw-2026-best-shows-highlights-live-updates "The best of Milan Fashion Week A/W 2026: live from the Wallpaper* editors")
[ Jonathan Anderson’s latest Dior show was a walk in the park](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/dior-jonathan-anderson-aw-2026-show-review "Jonathan Anderson’s latest Dior show was a walk in the park")
Latest in Fashion & Beauty
[ Issey Miyake’s colourful sneaker collaboration with Camper is inspired by the plumage of a bird](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/issey-miyake-camper-sneaker-collaboration-ss-2026 "Issey Miyake’s colourful sneaker collaboration with Camper is inspired by the plumage of a bird")
[ The story of the Burberry trench coat through eight defining designs discovered in the house’s archive](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/burberry-trench-coat-history-archive "The story of the Burberry trench coat through eight defining designs discovered in the house’s archive")
[ Studio Nocturne is the fashion and art world’s next favourite bookstore](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/studio-nocturne-london-bookshop "Studio Nocturne is the fashion and art world’s next favourite bookstore")
[ Everything you need to know about the Met Gala 2026 and ‘Costume Art’ exhibition](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/met-gala-2026-costume-art-exhibition-everything-you-need-to-know "Everything you need to know about the Met Gala 2026 and ‘Costume Art’ exhibition")
[ Marni is taking over an iconic Milanese café for Design Week – and it’s open to everyone](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/fashion-beauty-events/marni-cucchi-cafe-milan-design-week-2026 "Marni is taking over an iconic Milanese café for Design Week – and it’s open to everyone")
[ A new Vivienne Westwood exhibition portrays the designer through a superfan’s archive](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/vivienne-westwood-bowes-museum-rebel-storyteller-visionary "A new Vivienne Westwood exhibition portrays the designer through a superfan’s archive")
From elsewhere on Wallpaper\*
[ New book, 'Soviet Scientific Institutes', captures the afterlife of a society dedicated to discovery](https://www.wallpaper.com/art/photography/soviet-scientific-institutes-review "New book, 'Soviet Scientific Institutes', captures the afterlife of a society dedicated to discovery")
[ The Honda Super-N is a pint-size design classic that’s new to the UK](https://www.wallpaper.com/transportation/honda-super-n-review "The Honda Super-N is a pint-size design classic that’s new to the UK")
[ Gallery Fumi just opened a New York residency with a joyful celebration of material and craft](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/gallery-fumi-new-york-residency "Gallery Fumi just opened a New York residency with a joyful celebration of material and craft ")
[ Issey Miyake’s colourful sneaker collaboration with Camper is inspired by the plumage of a bird](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/issey-miyake-camper-sneaker-collaboration-ss-2026 "Issey Miyake’s colourful sneaker collaboration with Camper is inspired by the plumage of a bird")
[ The May 2026 Milan preview issue of Wallpaper\* is on sale now](https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/may-2026-wallpaper-issue "The May 2026 Milan preview issue of Wallpaper* is on sale now")
[ A landmark modernist house designed by Peter Womersley is now for sale in West Yorkshire](https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/residential/peter-womersley-modernist-house-for-sale "A landmark modernist house designed by Peter Womersley is now for sale in West Yorkshire ")
- [about us](https://www.wallpaper.com/contact-us-ID)
- [Contact Future's experts](https://futureplc.com/contact/)
- [Terms and conditions](https://www.futureplc.com/terms-conditions/)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.futureplc.com/privacy-policy/)
- [Cookies policy](https://www.futureplc.com/cookies-policy/)
- [Advertise with us](https://go.future-advertising.com/wallpaper-Media-Kit.html)
- [Do not sell or share my personal information](https://www.wallpaper.com/privacy-portal)
[ Add as a preferred source on Google](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=wallpaper.com)
Wallpaper\* is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. [Visit our corporate site](https://futureplc.com/).
© Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. |
| Readable Markdown | Alessandro Michele might not have planned for the Eternal City to be cloaked in anthracite clouds nor a ten-hour downpour when the invitations went out for his big homecoming show in [Rome](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/rome) for [Valentino](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/valentino). But few other designers’ outputs would actually be enhanced by such a moody meteorological intervention.
‘I think that the dark made inside even more kind of poetic and spectacular,’ he shared conspiratorially backstage. ‘The outside was so dark, which is very unexpected in Rome, but it was like the ceilings inside.’
## Valentino returns to its roots in Rome
(Image credit: Valentino)
On Thursday evening, the Valentino creative designer pulled the fashion week train into the station, closing the A/W 2026 collections with a show on a spectacular scale staged at the storied Palazzo Barberini. Mere puddle hops from the original Valentino HQ on Piazza Mignanelli, the location was a poignant homage to the brand’s founder, Valentino Garavani, [who died in January aged 93](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/valentino-garavani-obituary) and an ode to the archive he created there.
Home to several exquisitely moody frescoes by Passeri, Camassei and Caravaggio, Michele said he chose the venue for its architectural tension, the result of a heated rivalry between Baroque architects Francesco Borromini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who each designed parts of the Baroque palace – including its two dramatic staircases.
‘They really represent the beauty of chaos,’ he said. ‘This is almost my job, you know, to make and to create the tension and the dialogue between different things.’
(Image credit: Valentino)
They were themes mirrored in the collection that saw Michele mine the 1980s archive – a period when Garavani was prolific but has seldom been revisited since, said the designer – before massaging its codes into clothes that were empowering in a subtler way.
Shoulders were structured yet softened with cascading silk sleeves for evening or slightly off-centre with a faded floral print for day. Tailoring was jaunty, by way of asymmetric sequinned lapels and belted bejewelled wool coats. [Mini](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/mini) dresses were cinched with cummerbunds and worn with the return of the Rockstud pump, and suits were buttoned up with brooches. Meanwhile trousers were pin-tucked, belted and worn with a box-fresh New Balance.
‘It's about Valentino. It's about beauty. It's about the tension between me and the conversation between me and the brand, and kind of a beauty that I'm trying to translate in a very specific, poetical way,’ said Michele.
(Image credit: Valentino)
Case in point, the finale: a backless jewelled jersey dress (100 per cent Michele) in Valentino Red (100 per cent Valentino). ‘I'm trying to always keep a red dress. It means life and richness, it's an intense colour, you know, and the colour is like the code of the brand. It's like the GG when I was in [Gucci](https://www.wallpaper.com/tag/gucci).’
Rome seems to bring out the best in Michele. Himself a son of the city, few know better than a native how to capture its sartorial idiosyncrasies. It’s a bit high-net-worth heirloom, a bit borrowed-from-your-bestie and wholly Michele's MO. He did it at Gucci during his era-defining tenure that transformed the Milanese house’s fortunes, and he’s astutely developing on it here at a time when Gen-Z shoppers are returning to the new-wave vintage look that Michele has owned for over a decade.
Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox.
The front-row guests – including Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyla, Colman Domingo and after-party performer Lily Allen – represented its cross-generational appeal, too.
(Image credit: Valentino)
‘I love everything about Valentino, especially Alessandro Michele's Valentino because I feel masculine, sexy, and also, like, a bit of a *flâneur*, you know what I mean?’ Valentino ambassador Domingo told Wallpaper\*.
‘It really makes you feel like you're in a fantasy. You're in a dream. And I think it's supposed to be in this world where things are hard and tough,’ he continued. ‘It’s nice to lean into that, with an art form such as fashion. It feels like, again, we're in a place where we were being lifted up to the heavens, to something bigger than ourselves. And we can do that with art, and we can do that with poetry and science. I think it's so pointed for us to be in a place like this today.’
[valentino.com](https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&mid=44704&u1=wallpaper-us-8482863104673696491&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.valentino.com%2Fen-gb%2F)
(Image credit: Valentino) |
| Shard | 58 (laksa) |
| Root Hash | 9886901375081890658 |
| Unparsed URL | com,wallpaper!www,/fashion-beauty/valentino-alessandro-michele-aw-2026-show-rome s443 |