The Valentino Pre-Fall 2026 Rockstud campaign emerges as a sophisticated meditation on permanence, glamour, and Roman identity. Under the creative direction of Alessandro Michele, alongside Ezra Petronio and Lana Petrusevych, the campaign revisits one of the House’s most enduring icons with a mood that feels both aristocratic and quietly irreverent. Rather than treating the Rockstud as a nostalgic relic, Valentino reframes it as a living emblem of modern decadence, deeply rooted in Rome’s mythology yet entirely contemporary in attitude.








