We knew it was coming, but we still can't picture it. We're still slightly reeling from last week's rather sudden announcement by Pierpaolo Piccioli that he was leaving Valentino. Usually when a designer steps down from one fashion house, there's a bit of a waiting game to see who will take their place. That didn't really happen this time, though. We knew that Alessandro Michele was the likely candidate to succeed Piccioli and Valentino just made it official.
