Valentino will debut its Spring/Summer 2020 collection live from Paris on Sunday, September 29 at 11am EST. Catch the show here. Savannah Walsh Editorial Fellow Savannah Walsh is an Editorial Fellow at ELLE.com.
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Finn Wittrock stood outside Francesco’s, a hole-in-the-wall pizza joint on the corner of Columbus Avenue and West 69th Street, and peered forlornly through the window. A sign addressed to “our most valuable customers” announced that improvements were on the way, but not fast enough for this particular rendezvous. Mr. Wittrock, 34, looked sheepish. As a…