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alongside Meryl Streep who played fictional American Vogue

editor Miranda Priestly.

  • During the same year he was awarded the prestigious 6th Legion d'Honneur at a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris's Palais Royale."I'm feeling wonderful! Just wonderful!" he said.
  • A month after announcing he was to retire from designing, he presented his final ready-to-wear show during the spring/summer 2008 fashion week in Paris. The show saw a host a famous models turn out to support the designer including Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova.
  • The following year the feature-length documentary

Valentino: The Last Emperor premiered at the Venice Film

Festival. It was produced by journalist Matt Tyrnauer who followed

the designer around both personal and formal events to provide a

private portrait of him.

  • Publisher of WWD, John Fairchild, who gave Valentino

the nickname 'The Sheik of Chic', said of the designer's luxurious

lifestyle: "Valentino and Giancarlo are the kings of high living,"

in an interview with

Valentino (fashion designer)

Italian fashion designer (born 1932)

Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (Italian pronunciation:[valenˈtiːnoɡaraˈvaːni]; born 11 May 1932), known mononymously as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer, the founder of the Valentino brand and company. His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D. Valentino.

Career

Early life and 1950s Paris years

Valentino was born in Voghera, in the Italian province of Pavia, on the 11th of May 1932. His mother named him after screen idolRudolph Valentino.[2] He became interested in fashion while in primary school in his native Voghera, when he apprenticed under his aunt Rosa and local designer Ernestina Salvadeo, an aunt of noted artist Aldo Giorgini. Valentino then moved to Paris to pursue this interest with the help of his mother Teresa de Biaggi and his father Mauro Garavani. There Valentino studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.[3]

His first choice for an apprenticeship

MAISON

Jacopo Venturini is the Chief Executive Officer of Valentino S.p.A.

In June 2020 he returns for the third time to the Maison, spurred by a strong passion for the brand.

Leveraging on his multi-pronged expertise, sensitivity and global vision, Venturini has been appointed to lead the Maison in a new phase, aiming to create an effective medium and long-term strategy. “I do believe that Jacopo, with his sharp vision and unique capability in sensing market changes, will inject in Valentino new vibrant energies. We are happy to have him lead the new brand course.” says Rachid Mohamed Rachid.

After earning a degree in Economics and Business at the Bocconi University in Milan, Jacopo Venturini chose to bond his studies with his passion for fashion, an atypical match back then. In 1995 he joined La Rinascente, the Italian landmark department store, as a buyer. He refined his skills and familiarized with the fashion system. In 2000 he arrives for the first time to Maison Valentino as Womenswear and Menswear Brand Manager.

Five years later, he was tapped by Prada as Merchandis

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