Valentino to show menswear at Pitti Uomo

International menswear exhibition, Pitti Uomo, has announced that

Valentino’s creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli will stage a runway show in Florence as the trade show’s special guests.

“The House of Valentino will be the special guest at Pitti Uomo 81. We are very happy that Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, the Valentino creative directors, accepted our invitation,” says Raffaello Napoleone, CEO of Pitti Immagine. “Their work combines a dynamic, contemporary spirit with the sartorial savoir-faire of a house that wrote a huge chapter in the history of fashion. Their visionary yet pragmatic approach combines tradition and innovation without interruptions: this is a feature that Pitti Immagine has always admired and looked for in fashion designers. We have been following their work since the first shows in Paris. In a very short time they have develop a secure poetic and precise style. And now the time has come to offer them the Pitti stage to present the new vision of the Valentino Man with a dedicated fashion show.”

The duo has previously shown their creations at Valentino’s Place Vendrome headquarters, but for the premiere showing of Valentino’s autumn/winter 2012-3 men’s collection they will stage a catwalk show on January 11, 2012.