Excerpt: Valentino. Pre Fall 2026 - Lookbook

 

"...The question everyone will ask, if conservatism is now being imprinted via the Far Right 'State' ethos, ala Trumpansim, and his 'moral' Right laced corporatism could be the restructured reality for companies across the globe, can Michele whimsical survive the process? 

Michele, like many other fashion designers are very much the corporate vanguard of creativity, apart from the challenging economic landscape, with rising costs of production, limitations of fabrics, that was all a spill over from 2020, and a slowing Asian market.  The fear, as mentioned, is new found Fascism breaking out everywhere around the world, which crimps the creative like no tomorrow, and I hope Michele maintains his "mythological world", as he described for his latest collection, and ethereal is his calling card..."

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Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/12/valentino-pre-fall-2026-lookbook.html

(A.Glass 2025)