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Tim’s Take | Valentino Autumn/Winter 2016

Tim Blanks speaks to Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli to decode the creative thinking behind their latest collection. Watch now.

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  • Tim Blanks

PARIS, France — In a new video series, BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks talks to fashion's top designers to decode the creative thinking behind their latest collections. Today, Blanks speaks to creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli about Valentino's Autumn/Winter 2016 collection, contemporary avant-garde and the punk ballerina.

To read Tim Blanks' review of Valentino's Autumn/Winter 2016 collection, click here.

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