Valentino paraded high fashion inside a public toilets setting in one of the most unexpected backdrops of the season, especially for a house as classical as Valentino

Models emerged from toilet stalls and celebrities posed by sinks after Valentino’s Alessandro Michele transformed his Paris Fashion Week venue into an atmospheric tiled restroom.

The creative director held the house’s Fall show inside a dystopian, David Lynchian reconstruction of a public bathroom. The space was awash in a red light, and the walls were flanked by basic sinks and mirrors as well as doors to toilet stalls.

Valentino paraded high fashion inside public toilets in one of the season’s most provocative backdrops, especially for a house as classical as Valentino. The set was a meticulous recreation, down to the tiling,