# Professor Thomaï Serdari on Valentino's film, "A Tribute to Iconic Values"

1 Faculty News June 3, 2015 ![Luxury Daily logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032369.jpg?itok=BZ74qERg)>

Excerpt from [Luxury Daily](http://www.luxurydaily.com/valentino-commemorates-cfda-win-with-forward-looking-film/) -- "'Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli are a modern version of what used to be the lone creative genius, which Valentino, the man, and other great couturiers used to be,' said [Thomaï Serdari](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/Thomai%20Serdari), Ph.D., founder of PIQLuxury and adjunct professor of luxury marketing at New York University, New York. 'Today, we see a much more collaborative approach to creativity even in the great famed houses of high fashion.'"

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