Valentine’s Day According to MARTINO MIDALI: When Love Is Worn.

For Valentine’s Day, Martino Midali chooses to tell a story of love through an intimate and authentic gesture, transforming a shirt into a wearable work of art.

Thus is born a hand-painted white shirt, where fashion and art meet in a delicate dialogue made of essential marks and deep meanings.

The silhouette is soft and contemporary: a mandarin collar, central button fastening, and wide three-quarter sleeves.

The fluid cut and lightweight fabric follow the body naturally, leaving room for movement and personal expression.

The white—bright and absolute—becomes a living surface, a canvas ready to welcome the artistic gesture.

Defining the identity of the garment is the hand-painted flower: a stylized hibiscus drawn in black, with a fine yet decisive stroke reminiscent of ink drawing.

The wide petals and elongated pistil develop vertically along the shirt, elongating the figure and creating a refined balance between illustration and minimalism.

A visual intervention that does not merely decorate, but tells a story.

In the symbolic language of flowers, the hibiscus represents a delicate yet intense love, an authentic beauty, an elegant passion.

This is the same idea of feeling that Martino Midali entrusts to this piece: a love far from excess, living in details, care, and the uniqueness of every gesture.

This shirt thus becomes a silent declaration, a gesture of love to be worn every day.

A garment that celebrates the meeting of fashion and art and speaks to those who see in style—as in love—a free, personal, and deeply authentic expression.