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VALENTINO has confirmed that creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri has departed the label after 17 years, leaving her co-designer - and long-time collaborator - Pierpaolo Piccioli to head up the creative direction of the brand.
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"After 25 years of creative partnership and of professional satisfactions we gave ourselves the opportunity of continuing our artistic paths in an individual way with the reciprocal desire of further great achievements," said Chiuri of her decision to part ways with Piccioli. "I thank Mr Valentino Garavani and Mr Giammetti for their support in these years and for everything that I have learned from them. I also thank Mr Sassi and all the people that work within the Valentino Maison for their support in these years. I have shared with Pierpaolo a great part of my professional life and it has been an experience made of many successful creative achievements together. I am ready to embark on a new professional challenge."
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli
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Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli take their bow following the autumn/winter 2016 Haute Couture show
Picture credit: Indigital
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