Pierpaolo Piccioli on Maintaining Valentino's Culture of Couture and Updating Its Values to Reflect 2018
The creative director opens up about his vision for the brand at the "Vogue" Forces of Fashion conference.
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Valentino's Spring 2019 Collection Is a Garden in the Middle of a Desert
Who doesn't love pretty clothes?
Valentino Takes Us on a Serene Stroll Through a Flower Garden for Fall 2018
If your ideal aesthetic is something along the lines of "draped in petals and assorted greenery," you're in luck.
Valentino Gives Athleisure the (Extremely) High Fashion Treatment for Haute Couture Fall 2017
There's a religious twist, though.
Must Read: Valentino to Show in New York, Alicia Keys Covers 'V' Magazine
Plus, how Wet Seal is planning a holiday season comeback.
Sofia Coppola is Prima Donna in Valentino Haute Couture at Opera Opening
Coppola is the director of a new Roman production of "La Traviata," produced by Fondazione Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti.
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Valentino Is a Billion Dollar Brand Now
The fashion house crossed the $1-billion mark earlier than expected.
How to Pronounce 61 Fashion Designer Names
From Nicolas Ghesquière to Demna Gvasalia to Ryan Roche, which is probably not pronounced the way you think it is.
Kerry Washington Covers 'The Edit,' Benedict Cumberbatch's Bride Wore Valentino
And Kim Kardashian is back to brunette.
At Valentino, There Were Also Clothes
Co-designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli know their work is about more than entertainment.
Valentino's Spring Collection Is Very Pretty, But Not Too Sweet
Valentino showed its spring 2015 collection in Paris on Tuesday.
How Valentino Became Relevant Again (and Plans to Stay That Way)
The 55-year-old fashion house is hotter than ever. How co-creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have managed to modernize the brand without forgetting its past.
Valentino Fall 2013: A Fairy Tale Collection
Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli might have cited paintings by the Flemish masters and "Calvinist simplicity" as inspirations for their fall 2013 collection--but we couldn't help thinking of the Brothers Grimm.
The 2 Most Buzzed About Shows From Day 3 of Couture Fashion Week
Et, c’est la fin. On the third and final day of the couture shows, Jean Paul Gaultier said "Jai Ho!" while at Valentino, though they swore they hadn't called Karl and Raf, Maria and Pierpaolo let the garden grow.
Last Night's Party: Artist Liu Bolin Had To Massage Jean Paul Gaultier's Leg While He Stood For His Harper's Bazaar Portrait
Fashion and art collided head-on last night at the Eli Klein Fine Art gallery in Soho during the opening of Chinese artist Liu Bolin’s exhibition, “Lost in Art”, which included a high fashion collaboration (not of the H&M variety). For those of you who don’t subscribe to Harper’s Bazaar (disclosure: I do), the magazine collaborated with the contemporary artist to literally paint larger-than-life fashion designers Alber Elbaz, Angela Missoni, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino and Jean Paul Gaultier — who was on hand, working the crowd — into the background. Liu is quite renowned in highbrow (and deep-pocketed — the large size of the pieces sell for $36,000 a pop) arty circles for his quiet but striking conceptual photos featuring himself painted into culturally and historically important locales in China. Harper’s Bazaar special projects director Laura Brown happened to have stumbled upon his work at a Stockholm gallery recently, whipped up this collaboration and skillfully made it work.
Valentino Mens Fall 2012: The Label Returns to Florence at Pitti Uomo
FLORENCE--"We've had a long love affair with Valentino," Raffaello Napoleone, CEO of Pitti Immagine told me following Valentino's menswear show in Florence this week (Valentino made his international debut in Florence in 1962). "Of course we already had a relationship in the past with Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti and we have done things with them in the past but that has totally changed...We started following the work of the new designers and waited for the moment when they were ready to launch a menswear line. Now we have seen their two menswear presentations and we decided the moment was right to launch the line." And what a launch it was.
Valentino Spring 2012: Delicate Daydreams
PARIS--There was a lot to love about Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's spring collection for Valentino: 1) gorgeous red-carpet-worthy lace and sheer gowns, in the usual palette of Valentino-red, black and beige, livened up with floral embroidery done in Jil Sander spring 2011-esque fluorescents; 2) the signature ruffles were there but there was also a fresh new strapless tent silhouette that fell straight away from the body; 3) they made eveningwear look good with flats; 4) there was air conditioning (wha happened, Lanvin?).