facchinetti says ciao to valentino.

When i say ciao, i don't mean hello. I mean goodbye. The newly appointed creative directer of Valentino, Alessandra Facchinetti has just parted ways with the Italy fashion power house. Only after two disappointing seasons the replacement for retired founder Garavani Valentino, Facchinetti has been dismissed by the company via the press.
-"It was with deep regret that I learnt from the press that I would no longer be working with Valentino. This news came as a great surprise, since the company's top management has not yet seen fit to inform me of the above" / Alessandra Fecchinetti

Och. It was know that Facchinetti's views of Valentino did not see eye to eye with the fashion house. Garavani agreed with the move stating
-"There were thousands of dresses in archive she could have drawn inspiration from to create a Valentino product to keep up with the times."

Her replacements are Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pier Paolo Piccioli, the two designers worked for the house's accessories team both of which worked besides Valentino for more then 10 years. I can only imagine how awful this must be for Facchinetti, seeing this is the 2nd time this same situation has occurred for her. Dismissed at Gucci 3 years ago only to be replaced by Frida Giannini, who was also the head of accessories at the time. But to take over for a legend such as Valentino, expectations are extremely high, it takes alot of work to fill those custom made Italian loafers you know.