Italian designer Valentino Garavani, founder of the Valentino fashion house, has died in Rome at the age of 93. The Valentino Garavani Foundation announced this.
He died at his home. The designer’s funeral will be held on January 21 and 22 at the PM23 building in Piazza Mignanelli in Rome. The funeral is scheduled for Friday, January 23, at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.
The couturier was born in 1932 in Voghera. His first steps in fashion were in Paris, where he studied at the atelier of Jean Dessay and Guy Laroche. Returning to Italy, Valentino opened his own atelier in Rome on Via Condotti.
The turning point in his career was the 1962 show at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The Valentino fashion house, which he founded with Giancarlo Giammetti, quickly gained worldwide fame and became a favorite brand of Hollywood stars.