Dior expected to announce its first ever female artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri

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

Haute Couture insights with Valentino and Victoria & Albert Museum

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

Milan Design Week 2013: Valentino camouflage Rockrunner

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

Valentino’s new menswear collection to be shown at Pitti Immagine Uomo

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