Paris Fashion Week: Valentino Turns Up the Volume With Starry Front Row

Watching a Valentino show, it's easy to forget that the September show is ready-to-wear, not couture, as the clothes are so exquisite. For spring-summer 2020, the brand's creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli pared things down with a parade of white shirt-dresses, before he expanded into more elaborate dresses that worked without looking overwrought; nearly every one was red carpet-ready.