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ValentinoCreative directors & runway casting
Who is the creative director of Valentino?
Alessandro Michele is Valentino’s creative director, a role announced in March 2024. Before: Pierpaolo Piccioli (2016–2024). Checked 22 October 2026. Valentino has had 5 creative leads since 1960, each sourced on this page. No Valentino runway walks are on the Cast Index ledger yet.
- Creative director
- Alessandro Michele
- Since
- 2024
- Previously
- Pierpaolo Piccioli (2016–2024)
Michele was named six days after Pierpaolo Piccioli’s exit and showed his first Valentino collection, spring/summer 2025, in Paris in September 2024. He presented spring/summer 2027 in a Paris library reading room on 4 October 2026. The founder, Valentino Garavani, died in Rome on 19 January 2026. Source ↗
Checked 22 October 2026 · WWD — Valentino Spring 2027 review (4 October 2026) ↗ · All houses
Creative director timeline
Who have been Valentino’s creative directors?
5 creative leads from 1960 to today. Titles are given as the house used them; some periods had separate women’s and men’s designers. Each row links its source. Checked 22 October 2026.
- 1960–2008
Valentino Garavani
Founder and couturier, Rome (with his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti)
FashionNetwork — Valentino Garavani dies aged 93 (19 January 2026) ↗
WWD — Facchinetti to replace Valentino (5 September 2007) ↗ - 2007–2008
Alessandra Facchinetti
Creative director of the women’s collections
WWD — Facchinetti to replace Valentino (5 September 2007) ↗
WWD — Valentino confirms Maria Grazia Chiuri’s exit, appoints Pierpaolo Piccioli creative director (7 July 2016) ↗ - 2008–2016
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli
Creative directors
- 2016–2024
Pierpaolo Piccioli
Sole creative director
WWD — Valentino confirms Maria Grazia Chiuri’s exit, appoints Pierpaolo Piccioli creative director (7 July 2016) ↗
FashionNetwork — Valentino names Alessandro Michele new creative director (28 March 2024) ↗ - 2024–present
Alessandro MicheleCurrent
Creative director
FashionNetwork — Valentino names Alessandro Michele new creative director (28 March 2024) ↗
Ledger
Which models have walked for Valentino?
None are on The Cast Index ledger yet. We only record a walk when a published source names the model, the house and the show, and no Valentino walk has been verified to that standard so far. We do not fill the gap with reported or remembered casts.
Walks are added as sources are checked. The casting ledger shows every verified show so far, and the fashion week calendar lists the dates of the seasons the house shows in.
Sources
- WWD — Valentino Spring 2027 review (4 October 2026) ↗
- FashionUnited — Fashion week SS27: a brief moment of stability (21 October 2026) ↗
- FashionNetwork — Valentino Garavani dies aged 93 (19 January 2026) ↗
- WWD — Facchinetti to replace Valentino (5 September 2007) ↗
- WWD — Valentino confirms Maria Grazia Chiuri’s exit, appoints Pierpaolo Piccioli creative director (7 July 2016) ↗
- FashionNetwork — Valentino names Alessandro Michele new creative director (28 March 2024) ↗
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Valentino, answered
Who is the creative director of Valentino?
- Alessandro Michele is Valentino’s creative director, a role announced in March 2024. Before: Pierpaolo Piccioli (2016–2024). Checked 22 October 2026.
Who was the creative director of Valentino before Alessandro Michele?
- Alessandro Michele succeeded Pierpaolo Piccioli (sole creative director, 2016–2024). The full timeline is on this page, with a source for each term.
Who have been Valentino’s creative directors?
- In order: Valentino Garavani (founder, 1960–2008), Alessandra Facchinetti (2007–2008), Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli (2008–2016), Pierpaolo Piccioli (2016–2024), Alessandro Michele (2024–present). Each entry in the timeline on this page links its source.
Which models have walked for Valentino?
- None are on The Cast Index ledger yet. We only record a walk when a published source names the model, the house and the show, and no Valentino walk has been verified to that standard so far.