A legend in the world of fashion is gone: Italian designer Valentino Garavani has died in Rome at age 93. The New York Times describes him as « the last of the great 20th-century.
A legend in the world of fashion is gone: Italian designer Valentino Garavani has died in Rome at age 93. The New York Times describes him as « the last of the great 20th-century couturiers and a designer who defined the image of royalty in a republican age for all manner of princesses—crowned, deposed, Hollywood and society. » The AP similarly notes that Garavani, who was universally known as Valentino, « was adored by generations of royals, first ladies and movie stars, from Jackie Kennedy Onassis to Julia Roberts and Queen Rania of Jordan.
