Dior has announced that Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri will become the fashion house’s first female creative director. The announcement comes after months of speculation – Raf Simons departed Dior back in October – and just a day after Valentino announced that Chiuri would be leaving her role as co-creative director of Valentino – Pierpaolo Piccioli will remain at the helm of the Italian fashion house. The appointment marks the end of the era for the Chiuri and Piccioli; they started working as a team at Fendi in 1989, before starting at Valentino together in 1999.
