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The Valentino house has made public today in a statement that it has signed

Alessandro Michele

as its new creative director , who held that position at Gucci until 2022. This appointment comes just a few days after unexpectedly announcing that Pierpaolo Piccioli was leaving the house after a quarter of a century at the helm of the brand.

The maison's decision marks the beginning of a "new creative journey", they say, in line with the values ​​represented by the house founded by Valentino Garavani.

"Alessandro Michele's unique perspective and great experience

", in the words of the company's president, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, have been essential vectors for this choice. The statement also highlights his "exceptional talent" and his "unique creativity and sensitivity."

The president has not spared his praise and assures that Michele will raise the level of the haute couture house, maintaining its heritage and identity. "With Alessandro Michele a new page of excellence and endless beauty will be written in the history of Valentino," he concluded.

For his part, the CEO of the firm, Jacopo Venturini, has highlighted the virtues of Michele, with whom he already had the opportunity to work years ago at Gucci. His prediction is resounding, ensuring that his work will "translate into

irresistibly desirable

objects ."

Alessandro Michelle, born in Rome 51 years ago, declared in the same statement: "It is an incredible honor. I feel immense joy and great responsibility in joining a couture house that has the word beauty engraved in the collective imagination."

He is scheduled to debut as creative director of Valentino next September, during Paris fashion week. The designer has echoed his appointment on the networks:

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The expectations of this signing are necessarily seen in his career at Gucci, where he was creative director from 2015 until his departure, seven years later. Under his leadership, the Italian firm achieved milestones in sales and influence.

His eclectic, groundbreaking and

self-conscious

style hooked the public, despite the limitations that any luxury brand like Gucci has. His aesthetic, very marked and recognizable, did not die of success, but it resulted in a

certain saturation

among his followers.

Now, at the Valentino house, we will have to see if it maintains the daring speeches it put on the catwalks, such as sex and mental health.