Examining the looks from Valentino’s couture collection you immediately realize why the Renaissance was born in Italy. Where else on European soil in those days there was such a concentration of beauty, art and passion if not on the Apennine Peninsula? The outfits created by the Roman duo Pierpaolo Picciolo and Mary Grace Currie are…

French haute couture catwalks are reigned by Italians: after the triumphs of Versace and Giambattista Valli and a breathtaking show of the living legend of the world of impeccable taste and style Armani for the Armani Privé, the last day of the haute couture week in Paris is marked by a duo of Maria Grazia…

A hymn to love with its constant companions: youth and lightness sang the design duo of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Picciolo in their spring-summer haute couture collection for Valentino, the most romantic of the Parisian fashion houses. From season to season customers and other less fortunate audience fall in love with creations of the…

One more month is left before the official haute couture week starts in Paris. Meanwhile Valentino Fashion House anticipated the event staging Valentino Bianca Haute Couture show in New York earlier this week. The catwalk which took place a…t the Madison Avenue building formerly known as the Whitney Museum of American Art paid tribute to…