Pierpaolo Piccioli took Valentino on a space mission – in a manner of speaking – with a Spring collection partly inspired by the perspective of the Apollo moon landing, in which the Earth was photographed from space and revealed in all its natural wonder. By the same token, by psychically hovering over the history of the house, Piccioli discovered something else to appreciate that he’d never gone to before.
I wanted to get back something of the glamour of the ’80s that Mr. Valentino did so well. – Pierpaolo Piccioli