Valentino Garavani was first struck by the fashion fever on a trip to watch the opera Carmen as a child, bewitched by the show’s gilded gowns and floral arches. So, it’s no surprise the Roman house’s sumptuous collections have a certain theatricality and inviting grandeur. Plucked from the label’s latest collection, this shirt waterfalls languidly over your frame in swathes of liquid-like silk, neatly knotted into a bow at the neckline and stitched with buttoned cuffs completing the long sleeves.| Valentino Garavani silk shirt100% silkConcealed button fastening at frontBand collarButtoned cuffsRelaxed fit, self-tie fastening at collar, long sleeves, all over satin texture, curved hemDry cleanMade in ItalyTrue to sizeSize UK 8: length 26in / 66cmModel is 5ft 11in/1.80m and wears a size UK 8Lightweight, stretchy