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Alessandro’s Valentino Debut & The Jonathan Rumor Mill

The endless, anxiety-filled game of designer musical chairs took a back seat during Paris Fashion Week to a series of fashion-for-fashion’s sake shows at Rick Owens, Jonathan Anderson’s Loewe, Nadège Vanhée’s Hermès, Seán McGirr’s McQueen, and Alessandro Michele’s Valentino debut. And, yes, there was gossip, too.

Alessandro Michele valentino paris fashion week
The Paris weekend had a very happy ending, thanks to Alessandro Michele’s first Valentino collection. Photo: Courtesy of Valentino
Lauren Sherman
September 30, 2024

There’s been a feeling of paranoia in the air during Paris Fashion Week—all the speculation about designers moving houses, a sense among executives that the industry is more cutthroat than ever after two decades of consolidation. This season, however, a few designers have risen to the occasion, and pointed toward a post-luxury future where fashion for fashion’s sake thrives.