Valentino’s Elizabethan ensembles may be Chiuri and Piccioli’s last star turn together. Elie Saab’s look is a favourite of modern-day princessesFor eight years now Valentino’s designer double act of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli has delighted and dazzled the world of fashion. Theirs has been a 21st century rebranding of antiquity, from toga to tunic dress, with added flourishes of — among other unlikely things — punk (the brand’s studded shoes and bags have proved bestsellers). If the rumours are correct, last night’s couture show in Paris was their last star turn together, with an announcement expected that Chiuri will be the new designer at Christian Dior. The clues were in the opening looks, a sombre progression of all-black…

Source: The Times July 07, 2016 00:33 UTC