MILAN — Alessandro Michele’s luxury vision for Valentino is entering Dover Street Market’s global network.
The Italian fashion house has partnered with the retailer, the brainchild of Rei Kawakubo and Adrian Joffe, for a collaboration that includes a series of pop-ups, installations and permanent spaces at the concept store’s international locations.
Starting Thursday, Michel’s Avant les Débuts Resort 2025 collection, the brand’s debut, will be showcased in a series of pop-up stores in Dover Street Market stores in London, Tokyo’s Ginza, New York, Singapore, Los Angeles and Paris. .
Adjacent to these, special installations at Dover Street Market Ginza and Beijing’s Elephant Space will be unveiled on November 13th.
This partnership will evolve into the opening of a permanent Maison Valentino space within the retail store. These will go on sale in London on November 19th, followed by Beijing in January, and Ginza and New York the following month.
Valentino by Alessandro Michele Resort 2025
Valentino/Courtesy of Ola Lindal
Jacopo Venturini, the brand’s CEO, said the two companies were brought together “by meticulous attention to detail, dedication to creativity and a shared worldview.”
“This is a partnership that highlights the Maison’s commitment to showcasing the Roman haute couture tradition in a contemporary landscape. And together we will work together to create the 2025 Valentino Avant Les Debuts by Alessandro Michele “We will be bringing our Spring 2020 collection to unique and exciting pop-up homes around the world, welcoming new customers in unique spaces,” Venturini said.
“The journey, the moment, the exploration are the best parts of all of this,” added Joffe, CEO of Dover Street Market. “We look forward to unexpected encounters at the intersection of different minds and hearts.”
Valentino by Alessandro Michele Resort 2025
Valentino/Courtesy of Ola Lindal
The Avant les Débuts Resort 2025 collection first appeared at the Valentino Paris store on Saint-Honoré and Avenue Montaigne on September 30th, and was rolled out to the brand’s stores around the world earlier this month.
As reported, the drop was accompanied by the release of the label’s first campaign promoting the same collection, which Michele unexpectedly revealed during Milan Men’s Fashion Week in June.
Michele’s creative efforts at Roman Maison were followed by her runway debut in Paris. It was one of the most anticipated events of Paris Fashion Week, sparking questions about how the former Gucci creative director would reinterpret the heritage of the Italian house founded in 1960. By Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti. The latter took to the front row to show support for the occasion, alongside Michelle’s A-list crowd of Harry Styles, Jared Leto, Andrew Garfield, Florence Welch and Elton John, to name a few. I was sitting in The eclectic collection he paraded had echoes of the 70s and 80s, touching on hippie chic, bourgeois classicism, and brand codes such as ruffles and the V logo, while also highlighting Valentino’s signature polka dots. I was there.
Image from Valentino’s “Avant les Débuts” campaign.
Courtesy of Valentino
