Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pierpaolo Piccioli: Eight years at Valentino

As they prepare to present their Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017 collection this afternoon, we look back at Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's tenure at the Italian house. With 17 years of experience with the label under their belts, the pair were discovered in 1999 by Valentino Garavani himself and worked for the house for 10 years before being named directors of the accessories line, then creative directors after Monsieur Valentino's departure in 2008. The modest, Italian-born duo reinvented the label's flamboyant design codes, bringing a gentle liberty with more volume, fluid lines, softer colors and graceful, simple silhouettes. Revisit seven years of sublimely romantic fashion, on both runway and red carpet.