Valentino presents Fall/Winter 25/26 collection

Valentino presents Fall/Winter 25/26 collection ​ Valentino Japan Co., Ltd. Press release: March 10, 2025 Valentino presents Fall/Winter 25/26 collection On Sunday, March 9, 2025 (Japan time), MAISON VALENTINO announced the 25/26 fall/winter collection ‘LE META-THEÂTRE DES INTIMITES’ by creative director Alessandro Michele at the Arab World Institute in Paris, France.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/101366/203/101366-203-6df4e06671f45028dd633b096d4b649d-3900×2600.jpg LE META-THEÂTRE DES INTIMITES Le Meta Teatro de Antimite “Sometimes the word intimacy allows us to go beyond a single appearance and touch the hidden truth of a person. I think it has an ambiguous meaning: being able to approach a space that promises authenticity. ” R. Madera
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/101366/203/101366-203-7a17b897eda9e5837ccfc58d8a73c6bf-3543×2362.jpg But can we actually get away from the surface and connect with our true selves? Thinking of intimacy as access to a deep core of truth, as opposed to the masks that society imposes on us. Is it possible? I think the glorification of intimacy as shelter is an elusive illusion. It is an attempt to find solidity and permanence of identity in the ever-changing flow of our existence. It is a strong, indescribable desire to unify the irreducible kaleidoscope of our own inherently diverse nature.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/101366/203/101366-203-885377e93ffd46ed12dec5acb2f445dd-1800×2700.jpg We must know that no amount of intimacy can ultimately strip us naked, no amount of veil tearing away will expose us to our true selves. Because the idea that there is an authentic self that is unaffected by life and its decisions is misleading. In the end, the deepest intimacy turns out to be a play. Or, it’s a meta-drama called “existence.” Time and space backstage where a never-ending performance takes place. Therefore, we choose to face the fundamental question: a mysterious and multifaceted expression: “Who are we?”
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/101366/203/101366-203-5ab09f22016ece7ca5bad9ac9f8d552f-1800×2700.jpg Thinking of intimacy as a meta-dramatic space does not negate its importance. Rather, it means “stripping away the layers without pretending to have finally found the hidden core of the essence, which should be truer than appearances, role-plays, and disguises (R. Madera).” Ludwig Wittgenstein analyzes the opposition between depth and surface, emphasizing how appearance encompasses everything that is deep down. Paul Valéry poetically states: “The deepest thing in humans is the skin.” We can also push this concept in the opposite direction. Not only does the surface contain depth, but depth itself must be understood as a layer of the surface. (Mario Perniola)
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/101366/203/101366-203-1df190924d7f7c5324b78e013805c840-1800×2700.jpg With this in mind, I envisioned a public toilet. It is inside and outside, what is hidden and what is revealed. It is a place where contradictory elements coexist, neutralizing and suspending all dualities: the personal and the collective, the private and the shared, the deep and the superficial. Spatial heterotopias that emphasize intimacy (Michel Foucault) clearly demonstrate their metadramatic nature.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/101366/203/101366-203-98bad5b85bd90c9b3c6b8205b6d8024c-3543×2362.jpg The result is a dystopian and disturbing space, straight out of a David Lynch movie. It is a temporarily autonomous realm freed from any codification of norms, and it is also an admirable political space that has the potential to overturn rigid binary classifications. As described by Hannah Arendt as a “space of emergence,” intimacy once again plays a role in constructing identity through the act of putting on and taking off clothes. Far from an essentialist position. Image
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/101366/203/101366-203-8e6fe3520f62880c618d2a2b98c0c891-3900×2600.jpg Creative Director Alessandro Michele @MaisonValentino #Valentino #LE META-THEÂTRE DES INTIMITES