The Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2017 runway collection marked Pierpaolo Piccioli’s first solo collection after his long-time creative partner Maria Grazia Chiuri officially left for Dior on July 2016 (read more about that move here). The pair had worked together at Valentino for eight years, and together, the two brought much-needed new creative energy to the brand with trademark styles like the Rockstud. Piccioli’s first solo collection draws from Greek mythology, with goddesses in ethereally flowing and pleated gowns …
