Giambattista Valli Fall 2023 Haute Couture show N25 was about celebrating “the modernity of classics” and the timeless art of Atelier.

“The idea of Haute Couture floats over the times, it doesn’t really belong to a specific era” Giambattista Valli said.

Every dress was conceived as if it were “a personality” in itself; silhouettes were distinct yet never contradictory, expressing character and singularity—fluid columns, billowy cupcakes, masterful flou drapings, structured crinolines. Reducing the palette to a precise color scheme—deep black, stark white, Bois de Rose and a few calibrated bursts of absinthe and silver—gave further clarity to his message, and keeping the styling neat added a note of concision.

The collection also revealed a certain Italian ebullience to Valli’s sensuous approach to couture, filtered by a Parisian nonchalance. A quintessential Giambattista Valli creation: frivolous, fun, with a dash of impertinent “je ne sais quoi.”