Amid the glitzy parties and star-studded front rows of Paris Fashion Week, the hottest ticket in France’s capital on Sunday afternoon was… a public bathroom. Or a venue designed to look like ...

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. See all coverage here. Amid the glitzy parties and star-studded front rows of Paris Fashion Week, the ...

FOR HIS SECOND ready-to-wear collection since signing on as Valentino’s creative director 12 months ago, Alessandro Michele painted the town red. Part of it, at least: a large box set installed ...

It’s the wrong moment for the fashion theatrics of Valentino, McQueen and Dior. But Balenciaga got it right. By Vanessa Friedman Reporting from Paris The Valentino show took place in a bathroom.

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rows of toilet cubicles form runway set for Valentino ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week, where ...

A model wears a creation as part of the Valentino Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Womenswear collection presented in Paris, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP) ...

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).

Today, we got up close and personal with Alessandro Michele’s Valentino. The creative director held the house’s Fall show inside a dystopian, David Lynchian reconstruction of a public bathroom.

For his debut at Valentino, Alessandro Michele resurrected the classic bowtie pumps from the house’s 1968 “Sfilata Bianca” collection, updating them with playful elements such as polka dots.