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Facchinetti Exiting Valentino

by WWD Staff

Posted Friday October 03, 2008

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Alessandra Facchinetti takes her final bow at Valentino.

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PARIS — Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, the longtime accessories duo at Valentino, will take up the fashion reins and succeed Alessandra Facchinetti at the Roman house, according to sources.

Facchinetti, who was succeeded at Gucci by its accessories director Frida Giannini, was said to have clashed with management over the design direction and production costs.

Stefano Sassi, chairman and chief executive officer of Valentino, brushed off questions of a designer change backstage after the Valentino show Friday afternoon, saying only, “We will make the situation clear very shortly.”

It is understood the move is subject to board approval.

For complete coverage, see Monday's WWD.