Using a public bathroom to create an elaborate dichotomy between the self and the outside world, Valentino is continuing to ...

The designer's fall/winter 2025 Valentino show, which drew Chappell Roan and Parker Posey, had an unexpected setting.

Models emerged from toilet stalls and celebrities posed by sinks after Valentino’s Alessandro Michele transformed his Paris ...

The Bowow pump as seen at Alessandro Michele’s debut show for Valentino. Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis Entertainment/ ...

Partly inspired by David Lynch, the space set the tone for Alessandro Michele’s bold new vision. With a background in costume design, Michele infuses his collections with inspirations from ...

ALL STALLED UP: Jared Leto almost hit the runway for Sunday’s Valentino show, but in the end the actor stayed as part of the audience in his runway-ready look. Key to that was a fringed sash ...

Today at Paris Fashion Week, Alessandro Michele set his Valentino fall/winter 2025 show on a Lynchian red-lit set that was part locker room, part club bathroom (complete with flashing lights).

Michele often selects venues with deep historical or cultural significance — think palaces — so this public toilet setting was a clever subversion, even of his own signature style. The result?