Set to open in April 2022, the Hotel La Palma in Capri will join a glamorous portfolio that also includes Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes.

“There is not a ‘men’s couture’ or a ‘women’s couture.’ It’s just couture,'” Pierpaolo Piccioli contends.

Clients say they are drawn to the experience, craftsmanship and individuality couture offers.

Valentino’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli is paying tribute to Milan and its cultural scene by staging the brand’s fall 2021 at the city’s Piccolo Teatro.

Online sales climbed 62 percent at Valentino and mainland China retail sales rose 44 percent in 2020, but the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic drove total revenues down 28 percent.

The brands may be miles apart on fashion’s spectrum, but Permira saw the potential in both, and drew partly on its experience with Valentino to revamp Dr. Martens, and take it public with a multibillion-pound valuation.

“Everything has to be soft and dreamy, because we are living in a tough world,” said hairstylist Odile Gilbert.

Agency Women Management Milano will manage the young Piccioli’s image for future endorsements under the Talents division.

Creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli believes in a new modular and flexible approach to talk to Valentino’s different customer targets and communities.

The making of the brand’s spring 2021 couture collection was filmed and fed into AI technology resulting in an artistic video in a collaboration with Robert Del Naja and Mario Klingemann.

Pierpaolo Piccioli steered Valentino in a new direction with an austere, modernist collection.

See all the looks from the collection.

Market sources say executive deputy chairman Michele Norsa and CEO Micaela le Divelec Lemmi may exit Salvatore Ferragamo in April after the approval of the 2020 financial year figures.

The 18-year-old long jumper was chosen by Red Valentino to appear in resort 2021 editorialized content.

The collection, called Code Temporal, will be revealed on Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. CET.