When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s closet and to run his hands over the rustling taffeta, glinting sequins, ...

Assessing Alessandro Michele’s couture debut for Valentino. Also, Armani Privé and Chanel keep things moving and Gaurav Gupta surprises. By Vanessa Friedman Reporting from Paris As the curtain ...

In approaching his first Haute Couture collection, "Vertigineaux" for Maison Valentino, or any label, Alessandro ... was Michele's modernization of the pannier and hoop petticoat style skirts ...

To decipher one of Alessandro Michele’s press releases can ... It was best to simply let yourself be entertained. Michele described this approach (in typically esoteric style) as ‘a constellation of ...

For Alessandro Michele, who on Wednesday joined the most rarefied ranks of his profession with his debut made-to-measure collection for Valentino, it was both dazzling and a little bit dizzying.