New Icons 2026: Valentino Rockstud, Balenciaga Rodeo & Dolce&Gabbana Sicily
Three houses, three names that show up season after season instead of getting replaced. Valentino keeps building on Rockstud. Balenciaga keeps returning to Rodeo. Dolce&Gabbana keeps finding new sizes and finishes for Sicily. None of these are debuts — they’re the names each house has decided are worth revisiting rather than retiring, and this edit is a look at where each one stands right now.
Valentino: Rockstud, Reworked Six Ways
The stud has always been the point. Rockstud Shoulder Bag, shown here in two colorways, keeps the format’s core proportions — structured body, top handle, the stud detailing running along the edge rather than scattered for effect. The differences between the two versions are entirely about palette, which says something about how far the silhouette itself has been refined: there’s nothing left to adjust except the finish.
Rockstud Bag moves into a slightly different register — a rounder shape, the stud placement doing more sculptural work than the shoulder bag version. Rockstud Spike Handbag and Rockstud Spike Medium Bag push the hardware further, with a sharper spike replacing the rounder stud for a harder, more aggressive read. Rockstud Small Shoulder Bag closes the group at its most compact — the format scaled down without losing the detailing that makes it recognizable from a distance.
Valentino – Rockstud Small Shoulder Bag
Valentino – Rockstud Shoulder Bag
Valentino – Rockstud Shoulder Bag
Valentino – Rockstud Bag
Valentino – Rockstud Spike Handbag
Valentino – Rockstud Spike Medium Bag
Balenciaga: Rodeo in Leather and Hardware
Rodeo Medium Handbag appears here in three separate versions, and the range between them is wider than a typical colorway split — different leather treatments, different hardware finishes, the kind of variation that suggests the house treats Rodeo less as a single product and more as a format it keeps testing. The slouched, soft-structure silhouette stays consistent across all three: less architectural than most Balenciaga bags, built to look carried-in rather than carried-out-of-the-box.
Rodeo Wallet extends the format down to accessory scale — the same soft leather logic, sized for a hand rather than a shoulder. It’s a smaller commitment to the name for anyone who wants the silhouette’s DNA without the full bag.
Balenciaga – Rodeo Wallet
Balenciaga – Rodeo Medium Handbag
Balenciaga – Rodeo Medium Handbag
Balenciaga – Rodeo Medium Handbag
Dolce&Gabbana: Sicily, From Mini to Large
Sicily doesn’t change shape so much as it changes scale, and this group shows the range in full. My Sicily Mini Bag sits at the smallest end — closer to a structured clutch than a handbag, the top handle present mostly as a formality. Small Sicily Handbag, shown in two finishes, is the size that made the format a house signature in the first place: compact enough for daily use, structured enough to hold its shape regardless of what’s inside.
Large Sicily Handbag moves in the other direction — enough room to function as a genuine daily bag without losing the silhouette’s defining proportions. Maxi My Sicily Handbag closes the range at its largest current scale, soft-structured and closer to a tote than anything else in the Sicily family, for anyone who wants the format’s DNA without its usual size constraints.
Dolce&Gabbana – My Sicily Mini Bag
Dolce&Gabbana – Small Sicily Handbag
Dolce&Gabbana – Maxi My Sicily Handbag
Dolce&Gabbana – Large Sicily Handbag
Available at Fashion Gallery
Valentino, Balenciaga, and Dolce&Gabbana are all part of the permanent edit at Fashion Gallery, located in the heart of Porto Montenegro — one of the most exclusive destinations on the Adriatic. Spanning 400 m², the boutique features a premier multi-brand luxury selection. All pieces in this edit are in-store now.
