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Come summer, luxury brands are turning to experiential partnerships and collaborations

Luxury fashion houses are increasingly venturing beyond traditional retail, embracing pop-up stores and hospitality collaborations to enhance brand visibility and capture affluent consumers during their leisure time. If you are holidaying in Southern Europe this summer, you are likely to come across Loewe, Dior, Chanel and a bevy of other...

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Without Alaia, Valentino and Fendi, there are gaps in the couture calendar

The Parisian haute couture calendar was brought forward this year to accommodate the forthcoming Olympic Games. However, amidst the flurry of high-fashion presentations, the absence of Alaïa, Fendi and Valentino has been duly noted. Also notable is that Chanel showed haute couture without its former artistic director, Virginie Viard, who made an...

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Valentino drops first collection designed by Alessandro Michele

Alessandro Michele, the newly appointed creative director of Valentino, unveiled a surprise pre-spring 2025 collection look book during the penultimate day of Milan men's fashion week, three months before his highly anticipated debut runway show. The collection, consisting of 171 looks and 91 detail shots of accessories, marks the triumphant...

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Dries Van Noten to present final men's collection, as Paris unveils provisional calendar

Paris is poised to become the epicenter of the fashion world this summer, merging two fashion weeks alongside the Olympic Games. Set against the backdrop of this global event, both the Spring/Summer 2025 men's collections and the Autumn/Winter 2024 haute couture presentations will be held in June. A standout moment on the fashion calendar will...

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Alessandro Michele named creative director of Valentino

The dust has only just settled from the shock announcement that Valentino’s long-time creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli was to step down. Alas, unlike the usually drawn out build up of successor announcements typically made by other houses of such calibre, the Italian luxury label has been quick to name Alessandro Michele as its new creative...

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Pierpaolo Piccioli's legacy: Modern couture, 'PP Pink' and humanity at Valentino

The fashion industry has always been characterised by change, but Pierpaolo Piccioli's departure from Valentino still came as a surprise. The designer's departure after more than two decades with the Italian fashion house comes just a few weeks after his last autumn/winter 2024 collection - a collection that now leads us to speculate about its...

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Valentino cancels upcoming men's and couture catwalk shows

Italian fashion house Valentino has announced it will not present at Paris Men's Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week in June, following Pierpaolo Piccioli's exit last week as creative director. Piccioli confirmed on Friday, March 22, that he was leaving Valentino after 25 years at the label, eight of which were as the sole creative director of...

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Valentino: Pierpaolo Piccioli to step down

Apparently it is a week of momentous departures in the ever-evolving realm of fashion. Days after Dries van Noten revealed he would be exiting his namesake brand, it has now been revealed that Pierpaolo Piccioli will also be stepping down as creative director of Valentino, a label he has served over the course of 25 years. It wasn’t until 2016,...

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Valentino awarded gender equality certification

Italian fashion house Valentino has become one of the first luxury companies to be awarded the Gender Equality Certification. The achievement, part of Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), seeks to promote a responsible workplace, encouraging and incentivising companies to implement policies aimed at reducing the gender gap and...

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In Pictures: 11 Brands getting fired up for Lunar New Year

As the Year of the Dragon looms, luxury and premium brands from around the globe are banking on specialised Lunar New Year collections to draw in their desired consumer. Alongside the exclusive lines, such labels are also feeding buyers with standout campaigns, each designed to encapsulate the seasonal holiday and its deeply historic traditions....

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Valentino appoints new chief human resources officer

Italian luxury brand Valentino has announced the appointment of Matteo Di Pasquale as its newest chief human resources officer. The change in job comes as a promotion for Di Pasquale, who had initially joined Valentino in June 2021 as director of compensation and benefits, a role in which he oversaw payroll, the HR cost control department,...

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If Valentino launched today ‘we’d be doing slow fashion’ - Giancarlo Giammetti

The business of Valentino has changed hands more than that of other luxury brands, yet the brand's cachet remains undiminished despite a roster of different owners. Now under Kering's portfolio, who acquired a 30 percent stake from Qatari investment vehicle Mayhoola, Valentino has weathered multiple ownership transitions and maintained its...