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.»
Garavani built an empire on a specific vision of glamour: immaculate evening gowns, sculpted cocktail dresses, and the vivid signature «Valentino red» that closed his shows.
