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Pierpaolo Piccioli

Outgoing Creative Director, Valentino

After eight years sharing his role with Maria Grazia Chiuri, he took up the mantle as the Italian maison’s sole creative director.

Pierpaolo Piccioli
Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.


Fashion Week

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy

While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.

Fashion Week

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy

While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.


Fashion Week

Valentino's Bohemian Majesty

The glory of Pierpaolo Piccioli’s collection was its easiness: a clear and strong vision of contemporary beauty and elegance.

Fashion Week

Valentino's Bohemian Majesty

The glory of Pierpaolo Piccioli’s collection was its easiness: a clear and strong vision of contemporary beauty and elegance.


Fashion Week

Building Culture and Community at Moncler

With Moncler Genius, Remo Ruffini offers a glimpse of a tantalising future for fashion.

Fashion Week

Building Culture and Community at Moncler

With Moncler Genius, Remo Ruffini offers a glimpse of a tantalising future for fashion.


News & Analysis

Hood by Air's Shayne Oliver Collaborates with Colmar

With his brand still on hiatus, the designer has entered a three-season partnership with Colmar, launching on September 18.

News & Analysis

Hood by Air's Shayne Oliver Collaborates with Colmar

With his brand still on hiatus, the designer has entered a three-season partnership with Colmar, launching on September 18.


Luxury

Is Luxury’s Love Affair With ‘Drops’ More Than Marketing?

High-end brands are implementing Supreme-style ‘drops’ to better connect with young consumers who crave newness at the speed of Instagram.

Luxury

Is Luxury’s Love Affair With ‘Drops’ More Than Marketing?

High-end brands are implementing Supreme-style ‘drops’ to better connect with young consumers who crave newness at the speed of Instagram.


Fashion Week

At Paris Couture, a Return to Elegance

The haute couture week which closed yesterday was marked by a poignant return to rigour, restraint and dressmaking, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

At Paris Couture, a Return to Elegance

The haute couture week which closed yesterday was marked by a poignant return to rigour, restraint and dressmaking, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

New Myths at Valentino

Pierpaolo Piccioli’s stream of consciousness couture was supremely relaxed and confident in its grandeur, smashing proportion to smithereens.

Fashion Week

New Myths at Valentino

Pierpaolo Piccioli’s stream of consciousness couture was supremely relaxed and confident in its grandeur, smashing proportion to smithereens.


Luxury

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Streetwear Takeover

BoF’s editor-at-large reflects on the latest cycle of menswear shows, including the high-profile streetwear takeover in Paris, and what they say about the future of men’s fashion.

Luxury

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Streetwear Takeover

BoF’s editor-at-large reflects on the latest cycle of menswear shows, including the high-profile streetwear takeover in Paris, and what they say about the future of men’s fashion.


Fashion Week

In Paris, New Elegance and the Revolution That Wasn’t

Amid the much-anticipated, streetwear-inflected disruption at Louis Vuitton and Dior, it was the need for new elegance that stood out, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In Paris, New Elegance and the Revolution That Wasn’t

Amid the much-anticipated, streetwear-inflected disruption at Louis Vuitton and Dior, it was the need for new elegance that stood out, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


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