Michele’s Valentino campaign channels Rome and Fellini for AW24 [Video]

Michele is clearly influenced by the past for the campaign that he creatively directed with Rome also taking a starring role and a big nod to Federico Fellini.

He said: “I tried to reimagine Maison Valentino, starting from the mythical Mignanelli palace, historical headquarters of the brand. The front door of this ancient Roman palace becomes the portal leading to a house populated by eccentric, uninhibited, eclectic humanity.

“Here we meet visionary and worldly artists, glamorous women in cinema with their eternal and magnetic allure, grotesque prelates and the fascinating heiresses of a declining nobility. These are all actors in a living comedy embodying the vibrant and libertarian soul of a city, Rome, to which I wanted to pay tribute, stemming from the love that has always bound Rome and Valentino Garavani.”

And he added that he “couldn’t avoid stealing Federico Fellini’s words to Anna Magnani, when he salutes her on the …