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.


The Real Reason Valentino and Dior Men Showed in Japan
Beneath the surface of enthusiasm that fashion creatives harbour for Japan, there is a carefully calculated business rationale for their choice of locale.

The Real Reason Valentino and Dior Men Showed in Japan
Beneath the surface of enthusiasm that fashion creatives harbour for Japan, there is a carefully calculated business rationale for their choice of locale.

Hedi Slimane and the Art of the ‘Drop’
The Celine creative director’s first accessories arrive in stores November 12, following product drops by the likes of Burberry, Moncler and Louis Vuitton. But is the strategy working for luxury the way it does for streetwear?

Hedi Slimane and the Art of the ‘Drop’
The Celine creative director’s first accessories arrive in stores November 12, following product drops by the likes of Burberry, Moncler and Louis Vuitton. But is the strategy working for luxury the way it does for streetwear?

Instagram Killed the Fashion Magazine. What Happens Now?
The photo- and video-sharing app has replaced print magazines as the primary way people discover fashion, becoming the foundation on which the industry has built everything from new labels to a $1.6 billion influencer economy. But change is coming.

Instagram Killed the Fashion Magazine. What Happens Now?
The photo- and video-sharing app has replaced print magazines as the primary way people discover fashion, becoming the foundation on which the industry has built everything from new labels to a $1.6 billion influencer economy. But change is coming.

Op-Ed | In Defense of Hedi Slimane
The designer wasn’t particularly novel in the way he went about rebooting Celine, but to label him a misogynist is a dangerous game, argues Anabel Maldonado.

Op-Ed | In Defense of Hedi Slimane
The designer wasn’t particularly novel in the way he went about rebooting Celine, but to label him a misogynist is a dangerous game, argues Anabel Maldonado.

How Vogue Is Selling Access
The second annual Forces of Fashion conference mixed fashion fans with designers and editors. Next up? An exclusive membership club designed to leverage Vogue’s community of editors into a new stream of revenue.

How Vogue Is Selling Access
The second annual Forces of Fashion conference mixed fashion fans with designers and editors. Next up? An exclusive membership club designed to leverage Vogue’s community of editors into a new stream of revenue.

What Pierpaolo Piccioli Learned from Working with Moncler
The Valentino creative director talks to BoF about the changing role of the designer in the age of Instagram and monthly drops.

What Pierpaolo Piccioli Learned from Working with Moncler
The Valentino creative director talks to BoF about the changing role of the designer in the age of Instagram and monthly drops.

How to Hire for Fashion’s New World Order
Rebooting analogue organisations for a digital world starts with building the right team with the right talent profile.

How to Hire for Fashion’s New World Order
Rebooting analogue organisations for a digital world starts with building the right team with the right talent profile.

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Spring 2019 Season
This week on Inside Fashion, BoF’s editor-at-large discusses Hedi Slimane’s Celine debut, his favourite shows of the season and fashion week in the #MeToo moment.

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Spring 2019 Season
This week on Inside Fashion, BoF’s editor-at-large discusses Hedi Slimane’s Celine debut, his favourite shows of the season and fashion week in the #MeToo moment.

Top 10 Shows of the Season
This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.

Top 10 Shows of the Season
This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy
While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy
While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.
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The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.




