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Pierpaolo Piccioli Scoops Top Design LONDON – Pierpaolo Piccioli Scoops Top Design Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli scooped the highest prize at the Fashion Awards on Monday night at Royal Albert Hall. Designer of the 12 months is chosen by a world judging panel made up of 1,000 industry figures, and this yr the opposite candidates were Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson and Loewe; Matthieu Blazy for Bottega Veneta; Miuccia Prada. Demna for Balenciaga had until recently been a candidate for the prize, but he and the brand pulled out of the ceremony because of the continuing controversy over two Balenciaga ad campaigns involving children and pornography. Each Balenciaga and Demna have apologized for the ads. Demna had been viewed as a frontrunner for...