designer maven, valentino, handed over the reigns of his designer helm to maria grazia chiuri and pier paolo piccioli; officially the collection will debut via satelite as reported here, yesterday. valentino was quoted, to insight any further clarification needed to those wondering, he has hand no part in the creation of the “digital dimension” & recreation of the valentino label. the italian design legend has said, “If I decide to attend the presentation of their collection, it will only be as a supporter of two people I love and who have been close to me for many years”. & their you have it, the emperor has spoken. now we`ll all wait & see how well his non-participation will be for the label. im super juiced to see what both maria & pier have created. stay tuned as more developments in this story, or others related, will be posted as soon as they are recieved. lets hope they dont get fired after a few collections like fachinetti did. yikes.