This Valentine’s Day, Maison Valentino is reimagining romance — trading roses and jewelry for the timeless power of words. In an exclusive collaboration, the luxury house joins forces with Dream Baby Press, the cult-favorite literary platform, to present Dream Baby Press for Valentino — a celebration of love through literature and poetic expression.

Dream Baby Press co-founder, Matt Starr. Courtesy of Daniel Arnold.

From February 12 to 14, select Valentino boutiques across Europe and the U.S. will invite visitors to experience love through the written word. Guests can receive handwritten love letters, witty reflections, and intimate musings on romance from six contemporary voices — Dream Baby Press co-founder Matt Starr, Jemima Kirke, Brontez Purnell, Mackenzie Thomas, Jerry Stahl, and Coco Mellors.

Courtesy of Valentino.

This marks Dream Baby Press’s first-ever collaboration with a luxury fashion house — a milestone for the indie publisher. The experience will be available at Valentino boutiques in Paris, Milan, Rome, London, and New York from February 12 to 14, with special one-day activations in Bal Harbour on February 13, and Miami Design District, San Francisco, and Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza on February 14.

As the collaboration unfolds into spring 2024 with a special event featuring Matt Starr, Valentino reaffirms its place not just as a fashion house, but as a storyteller — one that stitches culture, art, and emotion into the fabric of its identity.