As Maria Grazia Chiuri Departs Valentino, a Look Back at the Showstopping Pieces She Created With Pierpaolo Piccioli

The name Valentino (separated from valentine by a single vowel) has always conjured romance, whether it belonged to the brooding 1920s heartthrob Rudolph or to the jet-setting designer Valentino Garavani. The latter gave his moniker both to the fashion house he founded in Rome in 1959 and to a vibrant color, Valentino red. In 2008 the responsibility for the house passed to Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, who had joined Garavani in 1999 to design accessories. Though their punkish Rock...