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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
Marketing

As Brands Rush to Speak Out, Many Statements Ring Hollow

When it comes to supporting social causes, consumers are calling out fashion and beauty companies for virtue signalling. Here’s what brands can do to evolve.

Marketing

As Brands Rush to Speak Out, Many Statements Ring Hollow

When it comes to supporting social causes, consumers are calling out fashion and beauty companies for virtue signalling. Here’s what brands can do to evolve.


Workplace & Talent

Can a New Chief Bring Commercial Magic Back to Valentino?

Star merchandiser Jacopo Venturini, who most recently played a pivotal role in the blockbuster success of Gucci, starts in the new role on June 1.

Workplace & Talent

Can a New Chief Bring Commercial Magic Back to Valentino?

Star merchandiser Jacopo Venturini, who most recently played a pivotal role in the blockbuster success of Gucci, starts in the new role on June 1.


Retail

Why Fashion 'Seasons' Are Obsolete

This week, Saint Laurent said it would skip Paris Fashion Week and set its own schedule for showing collections for the rest of the year, raising deeper questions about following universal fashion seasons in a global market.

Retail

Why Fashion 'Seasons' Are Obsolete

This week, Saint Laurent said it would skip Paris Fashion Week and set its own schedule for showing collections for the rest of the year, raising deeper questions about following universal fashion seasons in a global market.


Luxury

What Will Become of Fashion When the Epidemic Is Over?

Italian creators, from Giorgio Armani to Silvia Venturini Fendi, agree on one thing: the crisis is an opportunity to regain our long-lost soul.

Luxury

What Will Become of Fashion When the Epidemic Is Over?

Italian creators, from Giorgio Armani to Silvia Venturini Fendi, agree on one thing: the crisis is an opportunity to regain our long-lost soul.


Fashion Week

In Paris, the Pleasure of the Apocalypse

It was a strangely energetic season, full of both angst and elation, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In Paris, the Pleasure of the Apocalypse

It was a strangely energetic season, full of both angst and elation, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


Media

Hearst Is Still Searching for an Editor for Harper’s Bazaar. Here’s Why.

Print’s challenges might not matter to some who dream of following in the footsteps of Liz Tilberis and Glenda Bailey. But many of today’s editors have other aspirations.

Media

Hearst Is Still Searching for an Editor for Harper’s Bazaar. Here’s Why.

Print’s challenges might not matter to some who dream of following in the footsteps of Liz Tilberis and Glenda Bailey. But many of today’s editors have other aspirations.


Fashion Week

A New Restraint at Valentino

The strongest looks here were positively severe.

Fashion Week

A New Restraint at Valentino

The strongest looks here were positively severe.


Fashion Week

Joseph Altuzarra: At Ease in Paris

His designs stood up well enough against the European heavyweights that populate the Paris fashion week schedule.

Fashion Week

Joseph Altuzarra: At Ease in Paris

His designs stood up well enough against the European heavyweights that populate the Paris fashion week schedule.


Fashion Week

At Paris Couture, History Over Hype

The best collections were a homage to tradition, reverting back to shapes and ideas from the ‘Golden Age’ of the Fifties and Sixties.

Fashion Week

At Paris Couture, History Over Hype

The best collections were a homage to tradition, reverting back to shapes and ideas from the ‘Golden Age’ of the Fifties and Sixties.


Fashion Week

Valentino’s Bygone Glamour

The general impression was a stiffness that felt less modern than the sensuous fluidity of the designs with which Pierpaolo Piccioli seduced the world two years ago.

Fashion Week

Valentino’s Bygone Glamour

The general impression was a stiffness that felt less modern than the sensuous fluidity of the designs with which Pierpaolo Piccioli seduced the world two years ago.


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