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Pierpaolo Piccioli takes top honours at The Fashion Awards

Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli was named Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Council’s The Fashion Awards 2022 on Monday night at Royal Albert Hall. The accolade, voted for by an international judging panel of over 1000 industry experts, saw Piccioli beat off tough competition from Jonathan Anderson for his namesake label...

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Valentino couture a feast of colour in Rome

Valentino went home to Rome to showcase its latest haute couture collection, ‘The Beginning,’ depicting the idea of “beauty heralded” by its creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli. The Italian fashion house turned Rome’s Spanish Steps into a rainbow of colour with a joyful autumn/winter haute couture collection filled with dramatic silhouettes and...

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Valentino and Camera della Moda to highlight emerging designers

Maison Valentino is teaming up with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) to select a young guest designer each season to present on its Instagram platform. The luxury fashion house said in a statement that the project will select one designer per season and offer them the opportunity to use its brand social platform to “present their work...

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Video: Valentino Haute Couture SS21

In this video, Valentino has presented its Haute Couture SS21 collection designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli. Watch the video below. Source: FF Channel via YouTube

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Video: Haute couture AW19/20 show by Valentino

Valentino | Haute Couture Fall Winter 2019/2020 by Pierpaolo Piccioli | Full Fashion Show in High Definition. Source: FF Channel, YouTube.

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Couture AW19: Valentino’s dedication to individuality

For autumn/winter 2019, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli showcased a floral-themed fantasy display of artisanal skill for its couture collection during Paris Haute Couture Week. “Individuality is a value to foster and to protect. Every human being is different from each other, but we are all the same,” explained the Valentino show notes. “...

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Valentino closes haute couture to standing ovation

The winter 2018 haute couture week in Paris ended with Valentino's artistic director Pierpaolo Piccioli receiving a standing ovation. The show, which closes the four-day couture week, saw guests rise to their feet at the Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, after 63 looks of exquisite dresses constructed with the highest order of craftsmanship. While...

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Valentino going sporty

In the era of athleisure even iconic luxury brands are getting on board. Valentino's Pierpaolo Piccioli is going after the sporty guy this season, as he's set to debut his next menswear collection for the brand today at Paris Fashion Week Men's. The brand will also be debuting the new Valentino logo, VLTN, which Piccioli mulled over for quite...

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Zandra Rhodes creates prints for Pierpaolo Piccioli solo debut at Valentino

London - Veteran British designer Zandra Rhodes has been tapped as Pierpaolo Piccioli collaborator for his debut solo collection for Italian fashion house Valentino following the exit of his long-term partner Maria Grazia Chiuri who left to take up the design helm at Dior. The famed pink-hair designer created a series of exclusive prints for...

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Valentino confirms Maria Grazia Chiuri exit

Valentino has officially announced the departure of co-creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. Media reports suggest that Chiuri is all set to start a new chapter in her career at Christian Dior as its new Creative Director, after Raf Simons quit the company last year. “After 25 years of creative partnership and of professional satisfactions we...