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05 | 06 Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli

CREATIVE DIRECTORS, VALENTINO
Valentino’s Chiuri, left, and Picciolo are longtime creative partners. “It’s important to maintain your differences,” Chiuri says.

For turning a storied fashion house into a $1 billion juggernaut

Since taking Valentino’s reins in 2008, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have reinvigorated the Rome-based brand, which nearly doubled its profit last year on revenue of more than $1 billion (with IPO rumors flying). Their strategy relies on careful balance—spiky metal studs

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