Paris Fashion Week, day seven, and all eyes have been on Alessandro Michele earlier at present, because the designer staged his debut runway present as Valentino inventive director. Following the shock launch of the Valentino Resort 2025 lookbook, Michele’s signature maximalism is nicely and actually again. Harry Styles, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, Carla Bruni, and Karen Elson have been only a few splashed throughout the entrance row for Michele’s first Valentino runway presentation. The Italian designer revisited treasures inside the Valentino archives, in an try to spotlight a Roman sense of opulence for the gathering titled ‘Pavillon des Folies’. Sumptuous materials, cascading ruffles, sequins, and bow detailing have been on full show, as fashions walked throughout a runway of damaged glass.

Valentino Spring 2025 Collection Review

Read beneath the reactions of theFashionSpot’s discussion board members:

“Alessandro Michele doing Alessandro Michele. It’s nice but for Valentino? I don’t know. Even if it makes sense with what Valentino Garavani did in the 60s and 70s. It feels very Michele.” [imjustken]

“Girl.. bye. Valenticci.” [tourbillions]

“It feels very déjà-vu and I blame the excessive styling. I believe without the amount of lace gloves, piercings, and better casting, it would’ve felt less Michele and more Garavani.” [thiago]

“Michele almost fooled me with that first look. The most anticipated show of the season and the most flop one. He confirmed he is a one-trick pony and has the most one-dimensional vision ever.” [FashionPower]

“No evolution. Gucci 2.0.” [Grets]

“INCREDIBLE SHOW, love it! It was like I was not watching a fashion show, but a decadent movie, with no models but characters. Loved the music, the set, and the round camera for the shoes. So cinematic!” [carla56]

“Best show of the season, IDGAF. The styling is definitely Michele, but the darker color palette and lack of pop and hip-hop elements created a nice separation between this and Gucci.” [LadyJunon]

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