Valentino returns to its roots in Rome with a ‘poetic and spectacular’ runway show at Palazzo Barberini

Wallpaper | 13.03.2026 22:59
Alessandro Michele might not have planned for the Eternal City to be cloaked in anthracite clouds nor a ten-hour downpour when the invitations went out for his big homecoming show in Rome for Valentino. But few other designers’ outputs would actually be enhanced by such a moody meteorological intervention.