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Valentino adds new HR officer

Rosa Santamaria Maurizio has been tapped as luxury label Valentino’s new chief human resources officer. Santamaria Maurizio will begin in her new role on October 19. In her new role she will report to Valentino’s recently appointed CEO Jacopo Venturini. “Rosa represents a pivotal entry to sustain the strategic company direction and to grow...

Oct 15, 2020

Fashion

Guest designers at New York and Paris fashion weeks are forced to show closer to home

Valentino, traditionally one of the leading names of Paris fashion week, has canceled its Paris show, choosing instead to show in its home country during Milan Fashion Week. Covid-19 has made traveling difficult for its Rome-based team and led the company to reconsider where to present its new season collection. Valentino CEO Jacopo Venturini...

Sep 2, 2020

Fashion

Valentino to pass on Paris fashion week

Italian fashion house Valentino announced Tuesday it is giving the catwalks of Paris a skip this month because of the coronavirus pandemic, instead presenting its new spring and summer collection in Milan. For years a regular at the Paris Fashion Week, the designer brand cited the "unprecedented times" brought about by the coronavirus pandemic...

Sep 2, 2020

Business

Italy's artisan producers are under threat

Italy is home to scores of specialist manufacturers, from the smallest haute couture and specialty ateliers, to high-end technology leading factories producing men’s and womenswear, shoes and accessories, exported the world over. Italy’s fashion and accessories sector is a 93 billion dollar industry, one that powers global brands like Gucci and...

Sep 1, 2020

Business

Valentino, in a trademark filing, says its studded shoes have acquired distinctiveness

Distinction in fashion has long been an official trademark for luxury brands, think the Chanel tweed jacket, the orange packaging by Hermes, the red soles of a Louboutin shoe. Valentino’s Rockstud pump is an instantly recognizable product to even the average fashion follower, but the Italian luxury company has been unable to trademark the design...

Aug 14, 2020

Video

Video: Sneak peek at Valentino's Pre-fall 2020 collection

In this video of less than thirty seconds, we get a taste of Valentino's Fall 2020 collection. The campaign is called 'GlamBouquet' and the looks are inspired by the 80s. This is reflected in the floral brocades, prints and vibrant colors such as pink, fuchsia, purple and red. The campaign was shot in Valentino's Palazzo Mignanelli in Rome....

Aug 11, 2020

Fashion

In pictures: Valentino takes haute couture to new heights

Fifteen of the most exquisite white gowns we have come to see this season, or perhaps any season, were livestreamed from Rome on Tuesday as part of the Valentino Fall 20 haute couture collection. A teaser previously released via the French fashion federation during official couture week showed a brief clip in collaboration with filmmaker Nick...

Jul 22, 2020

Fashion

Valentino to stage couture show

The show must go on. The traditional Paris Couture Week of runway shows has officially been cancelled but that isn't stopping Valentino from hosting its couture show to a set of Italy-based reviewers. Valentino is still participating in digital couture week, and on July 8 at 6 p.m. they will reveal the inspiration for the collection. In...

Jun 26, 2020

Retail

Valentino sues to close Fifth Avenue store

Valentino is suing the landlord of its Fifth Avenue store in an attempt to terminate their lease. Valentino says that the FIfth Avenue location is no longer prime retail space due to the coronavirus pandemic. In March when New York City went on lockdown, Valentino's four-story flagship store closed like all non-essential businesses. During the...

Jun 22, 2020

Business

Amazon And Valentino File Lawsuit Against New York-Based Counterfeiter

Seattle - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Maison Valentino Italian luxury brand, said they have filed a joint lawsuit against Buffalo, New York-based Kaitlyn Pan Group, LLC and New York resident Hao P. for counterfeiting Valentino's iconic Valentino Garavani Rockstud shoes, and offering the infringing products for sale on its own website and...

Jun 18, 2020

People

Valentino names Jacopo Venturini as new CEO

Italian fashion house Valentino has named Jacopo Venturini as its new CEO, effective 1 June. Venturini was previously vice president of merchandising at Gucci, where he worked closely with creative director Alessandro Michele on realising the new vision for the label. Prior to that, he held the role of worldwide ready-to-wear director at...

May 12, 2020

Fashion

Valentino's latest advertising campaign focusses on the idea of empathy

Valentino’s latest advertising campaign focusses on the idea of empathy in addition to raising funds for Italy’s Spallanzani Hospital in Rome. Titled #ValentinoEmpathy, the Maison’s autumn winter 2020 campaign will see a roster of famous names and artists photographed in the places where they are experiencing this period of isolation, wearing a...

Apr 30, 2020