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Pierpaolo Piccioli

Outgoing Creative Director, Valentino

After eight years sharing his role with Maria Grazia Chiuri, he took up the mantle as the Italian maison’s sole creative director.

Pierpaolo Piccioli
Fashion Week

A Trip to Valentino's Enchanted Garden

Following Pierpaolo Piccioli's fabulous couture collection he showed in January, it was disconcerting to find less of that modernity in his ready-to-wear.

Fashion Week

A Trip to Valentino's Enchanted Garden

Following Pierpaolo Piccioli's fabulous couture collection he showed in January, it was disconcerting to find less of that modernity in his ready-to-wear.


Fashion Week

In Milan, the Burdens and Fantastical Flights of History

In Italy, the weight of the history can be unbearable, but Moncler and Gucci found ways to disrupt the past and give birth to the future.

Fashion Week

In Milan, the Burdens and Fantastical Flights of History

In Italy, the weight of the history can be unbearable, but Moncler and Gucci found ways to disrupt the past and give birth to the future.


Fashion Week

What’s Cooking at Molly Goddard?

The collection — which climaxed with a tableau vivant set in a kitchen — was more relevant than ever.

Fashion Week

What’s Cooking at Molly Goddard?

The collection — which climaxed with a tableau vivant set in a kitchen — was more relevant than ever.


Media

Moncler ‘Genius’ Promises New Strategy for Instagram Age

The Italian brand is replacing its seasonal partnerships with Thom Browne and Giambattista Valli with monthly collaborations with guest creatives, including Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli, Craig Green and Simone Rocha.

Media

Moncler ‘Genius’ Promises New Strategy for Instagram Age

The Italian brand is replacing its seasonal partnerships with Thom Browne and Giambattista Valli with monthly collaborations with guest creatives, including Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli, Craig Green and Simone Rocha.


Workplace & Talent

Announcing Valentino, Finch + Partners and ISKO

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

Workplace & Talent

Announcing Valentino, Finch + Partners and ISKO

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.


Fashion Week

Can Couture Be Modern?

The Paris Couture week that just closed was a bumpy ride with an uplifting finale, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

Can Couture Be Modern?

The Paris Couture week that just closed was a bumpy ride with an uplifting finale, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Intimate Grandeur at Valentino

A distinctly modern spirit and glorious old-school extravagance defined one of the most magnificent runway experiences in recent memory.

Fashion Week

Intimate Grandeur at Valentino

A distinctly modern spirit and glorious old-school extravagance defined one of the most magnificent runway experiences in recent memory.


Fashion Week

At Paris Menswear, a Prayer for Proper Clothes

In an industry drowning in hype and appropriation, the skill level of designers still makes a difference.

Fashion Week

At Paris Menswear, a Prayer for Proper Clothes

In an industry drowning in hype and appropriation, the skill level of designers still makes a difference.


Fashion Week

Valentino's Freedom and Fragility

Pierpaolo Piccioli aimed to make the extraordinary ordinary, but one might have expected more colour and energy from his exploration of freedom.  

Fashion Week

Valentino's Freedom and Fragility

Pierpaolo Piccioli aimed to make the extraordinary ordinary, but one might have expected more colour and energy from his exploration of freedom.  


Financial Markets

Report: Valentino to List 25 Percent of Company

The Italian fashion house's Qatari owner plans to sell around a quarter of the company in an IPO, which will not take place before the second half of 2018, according to a source close to the matter.

Financial Markets

Report: Valentino to List 25 Percent of Company

The Italian fashion house's Qatari owner plans to sell around a quarter of the company in an IPO, which will not take place before the second half of 2018, according to a source close to the matter.


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