Assessing Alessandro Michele’s couture debut for Valentino. Also, Armani Privé and Chanel keep things moving and Gaurav Gupta surprises.

The above quote could only come from Alessandro Michele, who joins Nicole Phelps on this episode of The Run-Through for a formidable conversation about his new life chez Valentino. Last year, the beloved and influential designer was appointed the new creative director at the Roman house,

PARIS (AP) — Alessandro Michele’s Valentino couture debut was the most anticipated ticket of Paris Couture Week, and the designer didn't disappoint with a lavish spectacle at the Palais Brongniart, a fittingly historic backdrop for his past-meets-present storytelling.

For his first haute couture collection for Valentino, Alessandro Michele dropped a stack of paper the size of a dissertation on each seat. Held together by a metal paper fastener were pages and pages of stream-of-consciousness lists. A random sampling: the description for look 37 included the sequence “petticoat, tundra, eschatology.”

PARIS (AP) — Alessandro Michele’s Valentino couture debut was ... It’s an obsession that traces back to his childhood in Rome, where he would rummage through his mother’s closet ...

PARIS - Imagine being a Roman-born designer and being handed the keys to the most quintessentially Roman couture house. For Alessandro Michele, who on Wednesday joined the most rarefied ranks of his profession with his debut made-to-measure collection for Valentino,

Just a few days before Alessandro Michele’s inaugural Valentino couture show, the designer welcomed Vogue into his Paris atelier.

Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada has named star player Ange Capuozzo on the wing rather than at fullback for his team's Six Nations opener in Scotland on Saturday. Tommaso Allan, who took a break from the national team last year for personal reasons and frequently plays at flyhalf,

Scotland vs Italy is due to kick off at 2.15pm GMT on Saturday 1 February at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on BBC One, with coverage on the channel from 1.15pm GMT. A live stream will be available via the BBC iPlayer.

Jamie George, Alex Coles, Jack van Poortvliet, Alex Dombrandt, Afolabi Fasogbon, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, George Furbank, Gabriel Ibitoye, Nick Isiekwe, Luke Northmore, and Sam Underhill – all injured Who's hot and still not: Henry Pollock,

The CT in the Italian national rugby team, Gonzalo Quesada, has announced the line-up of the Italian team that will face the Scotland at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday 1 February at 14.