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, ...

The above quote could only come from Alessandro Michele, who joins Nicole Phelps on this episode of The Run-Through for a formidable conversation about his new life chez Valentino. Last year, the ...

Assessing Alessandro Michele’s couture debut for Valentino. Also ... playing an English governess romping through the fields of Le Petit Trianon in a floral silk chiffon shirtdress with a ...

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.

IF HAUTE COUTURE were a stage, Alessandro Michele just made his grand entrance — stepping up not quietly, but with a full orchestra of ruffles, drama, and Valentino-red grandeur. The former ...

For his first haute couture collection for Valentino, Alessandro Michele dropped a stack of paper the size of a dissertation on each seat. Held together by a metal paper fastener were pages and ...

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.

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 ...

PARIS — Alessandro Michele’s Valentino couture debut was the most anticipated ticket of Paris Couture Week, and the designer didn’t disappoint with a lavish spectacle at the Palais ...