![]() This luxurious limited-edition publication renders homage to Valentino’s illustrious career via a copious selection of images from his archives, including drawings, magazine shoots, advertisements, portraits of Valentino, and documentary photographs presented chronologically, the visual material is accompanied by a vast array of newspaper and magazine articles about Valentino throughout the years. Though his couture division almost never makes a profit (his ready-to-wear lines are what fuel the business), his heart is most solidly devoted to the magnificent haute couture gowns that earned him his reputation as fashion’s most talented dressmaker. Valentino has always designed clothes for glamorous and sophisticated women, never wavering from his signature style even when grunge, deconstruction, and other passing fads were all the rage. ![]() Over forty years later, not much has changed-he’s still dressing the top celebrities, from Gwyneth Paltrow to J.Lo, though now his business is a major economic force in Italy and his fashion house is among the most famous in the world. ![]() Only a few years after opening his fashion house in Rome in 1959, Valentino was already at the height of success, counting Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy, and Audrey Hepburn among his devotees. Fashion's most beloved upholder of refined decadence and the most exciting couturier in business is known around the globe simply by his first name. Limited to 2,000 numbered copies, each numbered and signed by Valentino Garavaniįinished in setalux book cloth with six-color silkscreen printing.Ĭomes in a clamshell box finished in silk cloth, especially tinted in Valentino red Valentino Garavani, Una Grande Storia Italiana, Collector’s Edition (No.
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