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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 Dear BoF Community, After a historic turn at Gucci, Alessandro Michele's next move was the subject of intense industry speculation. Now, fashion insiders are looking ahead to Sunday, when the superstar Italian creative director will make his runway debut for the storied house of Valentino. For the first of this year's BoF 500 Cover Stories, editor-at-large Tim Blanks spoke exclusively to Michele about his vision for Valentino. The resulting piece is a 5,000-word tour de force that goes inside the mind of one of luxury fashion's most consequential designers. Vikram Alexei Kansara, Editorial Director Also in today's BoF Daily Digest newsletter: Tim Blanks reports from Paris Fashion Week: Courrèges and Rabanne. Meta unveiled its first AR glasses, but the company's simpler Ray-Bans are already starting to disrupt the eyewear category. Influencer monetisation platform LTK dropped its lawsuit against ShopMy. Plus, in the latest episode of Backstage Pass, Imran Amed talks to friends of Diesel, Damiano David and Tinashe.

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LUXURY Alessandro Michele's Valentino Vision By Tim Blanks After a historic turn at Gucci, Alessandro Michele's next move was the subject of intense industry speculation. Now, the superstar creative director and BoF 500 member has returned to fashion with a new vision for the storied Roman couture house Valentino. READ MORE

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