Pierpaolo Piccioli leaves the post of creative director of Valentino – Kommersant

Pierpaolo Piccioli is leaving his post as creative director of the Italian fashion house Valentino, where he worked for 25 years. Mr. Piccioli reported this on his Instagram page (belongs to Meta, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). His successor has not yet been named.

Pierpaolo Piccioli joined Valentino in 1999 from Fendi, where he worked as a designer. Maria Grazia Chiuri also left Fendi with him, and in October 2008 they became creative directors of Valentino. In 2016, Ms. Chiuri left to work at Dior, leaving Pierpaolo Piccioli as the sole creative director of the Italian house.

As Mr. Piccioli wrote, “Not all stories have a beginning and an end, some live in the eternal present, shining with a bright light so strong that it leaves no shadows. I have been in this company for 25 years, and for 25 years I have existed and lived with people who, together with me, wove the threads of this wonderful history, mine and ours. Everything existed and exists thanks to the people I met, with whom I worked, with whom I shared dreams and created beauty, with whom I built what belongs to everyone and what remains unchanged and tangible. I carry with me this legacy of love, dreams, beauty and humanity today and forever.”

Valentino CEO Jacopo Venturini thanked Pierpaolo Piccioli for his work “for his vision, dedication and creativity that have made the house of Valentino what it is today.”

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Alena Miklashevskaya