Through its Spring-Summer 2024 Ready-to-Wear collection, Valentino wanted to highlight the body in a celebration of femininity and humanity. Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli designed the Valentino L'École collection to offer comfort in one’s skin, thus giving nakedness a major role. It was redefined by being presented as a natural state, rather than a means of provocation – it’s in fact an assertion of the liberation at the core of each creation. The notion that fashion is made to clothe the body takes a different turn as they enter a rapport, thus creating an essential exchange between the garment and the woman wearing it. On this journey, the skin itself becomes a fabric - skirts are abbreviated, both revelatory and permitting dynamic movement, while bold cuts open windows onto the body, allowing form to be reconsidered. In addition, a new technique named by Valentino Altorilievo (High Relief) sculpts fabric into apparently seamless three dimensions, creating naturalistic forms - Baroque foliage, fruit, flowers, and animals - that frame the naked body. Simplicity was also at the core of the collection, and shirts and jeans were there to confirm it with their direct engagement with the body.

In short, Valentino broke the barriers, turning the conventional into something even more charming.