The era of Valentino’s intricate romantic designs imagined by co-designer Maria Grazia Chiuri is almost over. Dior’s Creative Director position is one of the most important and influential jobs in fashion.The LVMH-owned couture house Dior is shaking up the fashion industry with the announcement of its new Artistic Director. Valentino’s designer Maria Grazia Chiuri is Dior’s first … Read more
Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect. Capturing the powerful modernity of this Japanese assumption, Valentino‘s Creative Directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli gave life to the Rockstud Untitled Capsule Collection. The austere craftsmanship running through the collection, is inspired by the Japanese technique of the Kintsugi, that consists in repairing broken ceramic … Read more
Haute Couture in Valentino’s vision. Valentino’s creative directors speak about memories, Italian craftsmanship and the importance of couture skills involved in their fashion process. Couture is indeed the territory of manual experimentation, of craftsmanship, of “grate hands”. “Couture is part of our memory. It is part of our memory of being Italians because couture is … Read more
Italian luxury brand Valentino arrives at 2013 Milan Design Week (April 9 to 14) with a limited edition men’s shoe capsule collection called Rockrunner. Led by creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, Valentino has added splashes of neon in pink, yellow, green and orange to the spring-summer 2013 sneaker. The fashion house announced … Read more
With new capital injection from Qatar-based company Mayhoola, Valentino fashion house will expand its men’s business. Valentino will launch first menswear store in Paris, followed by London and then Milan menswear boutiques. Head designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli commissioned architect David Chipperfield to concieve the concept of the new stores. Valentino showed its … Read more
Valentino’s creative directors have been working on menswear collections for some time. They usually present their pieces in the fashion house’s showroom in Place Vendôme, Paris, but their Fall/Winter 2012 display will be more special. The duo have been chosen as the guest designers at the Pitti Uomo 81 event, while is taking place in … Read more