Introduction by Francesco Bonami
Photography by Laziz Hamani
Since 2008, creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have anchored the renowned Italian fashion house of Valentino, moving the house's aesthetic forward with their contemporary feminine designs. Chiuri and Piccioli are two personalities with very different design viewpoints, yet they blend these contrasts into a timeless mélange of clean simplicity and modern elegance.
In this luxuriously slip-cased volume, Italian art curator Francesco Bonami brings readers into Chiuri and Piccioli's extraordinary world of inspiration, revealing their vision of the Valentino woman, exploring what fuels their passion and creativity, and explaining their impact on, and contributions to, fashion as creative artists.