No one understands red quite like Valentino. In a sweeping celebration and exploration of the Italian Maison’s relationship with the color, Rosso Valentino mines more than fifty years of one of fashion’s most meticulously preserved archives for a definitive catalogue raisonné featuring over 180 of Maison Valentino’s most iconic dresses and accessories, from legendary silk ball gowns and haute couture chiffon creations to nappa calfskin “Rockstud” slingbacks and VLogo Signature buckle belts with antique brass finishes.

Spanning the eras of Valentino Garavani to the current creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli, the title illustrates Valentino’s unparalleled connection to one of the world’s most passionate, seductive, powerful, and culturally symbolic colors.

Charlie Porter is a writer and a curator whose most recent book is What Artists Wear. He writes for titles such as Financial Times, New York Times, Luncheon and i-D, and has worked at The Guardian, British GQ and Fantastic Man. He was a juror for the Turner Prize in 2019, the same year he curated the group show Palimpsest at Lismore Castle in Ireland.

Stilvoll rotsehen; By: Angela Sirch, Moments Online (Switzerland), January 2023

Com'è Valentino Rosso, il libro da 6,5 kg, 180 abiti e 550 sfumature che racconta il colore iconico della Maison; By: Giulia Di Giamberardino, Vogue Online (Italy), December 2022

Rosso Valentino: el nuevo libro dedicado al color más icónico de la historia; By: Donato D'Aprile, L’Officiel Online (Spain), December 2022

Les beaux livres sur la mode et la haute couture à glisser sous le sapin; By: Emma Ruffenach, Fashion Network Online (France), December 2022

Valentino’s New Book Explores 50 Years of the Maison’s Love For Red; By: Aminath Ifasa, Villa 88 Online, November 2022

Valentino Rosso , the Volume by Assouline that Explains the History and the Link of Color with the Maison, Harper’s Bazaar Italy Online (IT), October 2022

Valentino Rosso: Wszystkie odcienie czerwieni, Vogue Polska Online (Poland), October 2022

New ‘Valentino Rosso’ Book Explores 50 Years of the Maison’s Affair With the Color Red; By: Tara Donaldson, WWD Online (US), October 2022