Pierpaolo Piccioli

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Succession Planning: What Works, What Doesn't

20 March 2019 • By Lauren Sherman

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Succession Planning: What Works, What Doesn't

The death of Karl Lagerfeld has put a spotlight on succession planning quandaries at major brands, from Ralph Lauren to Giorgio Armani. What can the industry learn from the successes and stumbles of the past?

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Valentino’s Persuasive Passion

4 March 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Pierpaolo Piccioli is an odd duck: you can sense him reaching for an otherness that will nudge him into the unfamiliar. As with his remarkable couture, the clothes were best when they had some kind of edge.

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Valentino’s Persuasive Passion

Pierpaolo Piccioli is an odd duck: you can sense him reaching for an otherness that will nudge him into the unfamiliar. As with his remarkable couture, the clothes were best when they had some kind of edge.

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Sensing the Great Beyond at Valentino

24 January 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Pierpaolo Piccioli is making a habit of showing stupendously beautiful couture collections, overwhelming reason with transcendent grandeur.

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Sensing the Great Beyond at Valentino

Pierpaolo Piccioli is making a habit of showing stupendously beautiful couture collections, overwhelming reason with transcendent grandeur.

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Decadent Distractions at Valentino

18 January 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Pierpaolo Piccioli, one of the most interesting designers in fashion at the moment, delivered the kind of hybrid design which embodies fashion’s enduringly mysterious appeal.

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Decadent Distractions at Valentino

Pierpaolo Piccioli, one of the most interesting designers in fashion at the moment, delivered the kind of hybrid design which embodies fashion’s enduringly mysterious appeal.

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Valentino’s Plan to Level Up

3 December 2018 • By Casey Hall

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Valentino’s Plan to Level Up

Can the Italian label turn Pierpaolo Piccioli’s creative acclaim into commercial success and boost its single-digit growth? Chief executive Stefano Sassi shares his strategy.

What Pierpaolo Piccioli Learned from Working with Moncler

12 October 2018 • By Lauren Sherman

What Pierpaolo Piccioli Learned from Working with Moncler

The Valentino creative director talks to BoF about the changing role of the designer in the age of Instagram and monthly drops.

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Valentino's Bohemian Majesty

1 October 2018 • By Tim Blanks

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

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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 Show Review

At Paris Couture, a Return to Elegance

5 July 2018 • By Angelo Flaccavento

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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.

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New Myths at Valentino

5 July 2018 • By Tim Blanks

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

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New Myths at Valentino

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

Menswear - Spring 2019

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

25 June 2018 • By Angelo Flaccavento

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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.