Valentino
Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (born 11 May 1932), best known as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. His main lines were Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and red Valentino.
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Career
The Paris years (1949-1959)
Valentino became interested in fashion while in primary school in his native Voghera, in Lombardy, northern Italy, When they apprenticed under his aunt Rosa and local designer Ernestina Salvadeo, an aunt of Noted artist Aldo Giorgini.Valentino then moved to Paris Thurs Pursue this interest with the help of his mother Teresa de Biaggi and his father Mauro Garavani. There they studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.
His first choice for an apprenticeship, in Paris, was by Jacques Fath, then Balenciaga. They found an apprenticeship with Jean Desses Where they used to love easy style icon Countess Jacqueline de Ribes sketch her dress ideas. They then joined Guy Laroche for 2 years. At the Jean Desses, Valentino Sketched furiously, Between Helping with window dressing and greeting clients for the daily 2:30 pm private showings. Most of his early Sketches were lost. At a Rome exhibition in 1991 a smattering went on display and current clients at That time such as Marie-Hélène de Rothschild and Elizabeth Taylor marveled That the DNA of Valentino's style was Already, apparent in the layers of white Pleats and animal prints.
A wedding dress by Valentino
After five years, Valentino left Jean Desses under a cloud over an incident about prolonging a vacation in Saint-Tropez That Still Makes him wriggle uncomfortably today. Rescued by his friend Guy Laroche, they joined his "tiny, tiny" fashion house.After discussions with his parents, they decided Thurs Return to Italy and set up in Rome in 1959.
[Edit] Rome
In 1959 Valentino left Paris and moved back to Italy and opened a fashion house in Rome on the posh Via Condotti with the backing of his father and an associate of his. More than an atelier, the Premises resembled a real "maison de couture", being it very much on the line of what Valentino had seen in Paris: everything was very grand and models Flew in from Paris for his first show. Valentino became known for his red dresses, in the bright shade That became known in the fashion industry as "Valentino red".
31 July 1960 Valentino met Giancarlo Giammetti at the Café de Paris on the Via Veneto in Rome. One of three children, Giammetti was in his second year of architecture school, living at home with his parents in the haut bourgeois Parioli section of Northern Rome. That day Giammetti gave Valentino a lift home in his little Fiat and a friendship as well as a Long-Lasting partnerships started. The day after, Giammetti was Thurs leave for Capri for vacation and by coincidence Valentino was also Life going there so they met again in the island 10 days later. Would Giammetti shortly after abandon the University Thurs Become Valentino's business partner.When Giammetti arrived, the business situation of Valentino's atelier was in fact-not brilliant: in one year they had SPENT so much money That his father's associate pulled out of the business, and had a Thurs Fight Against Bankruptcy.
Breakthrough in Florence (1962-1967)
Valentino's international debut Took place in 1962 in Florence, the Italian fashion capital of the time. His first show at the Pitti Palace was welcomed as a true revelation and the young couturier was deluged by orders from foreign buyers and enthusiastic comments on the press.
After the breakthrough show in Florence, Valentino started Thurs dress the ladies of the international best-dressed crowd such as his acquaintance from the Paris years Countess Jacqueline de Ribes and New York socialites Babe Paley and Jayne Wrightsman.
By the mid-1960s, they was Already Considered The Undisputed maestro of Italian couture, Receiving in the 1967 Neiman Marcus Fashion Award, the equivalent of an Oscar in the field of fashion. The Begum Aga Khan, Farah Diba, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Lee Radziwill, Queen Paola of Belgium, Babe Paley, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Jayne Wrightsman, Marisa Berenson, Veruschka and Princess Margaret were Already Customers as Well as personal friends.
At some point in 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy had seen Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of the Rome-based fashion editor of American Vogue and Valentino's friend Consuelo Crespi, wearing a two-piece ensemble in black organza at a gathering. It made such an impression That Ms. Kennedy was contacted. Schiff to Learn the name of the ensemble's designer, Valentino, WCG was. In September 1964, Valentino was to Be in the U.S. to Present a collection of his work at a charity ball at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Mrs.. Kennedy wanted to see the collection but Could not attend the event, ie, Valentino decided to Send a Model, Sales Representative and a selection of key pieces from his collection of Mrs. Thurs.Kennedy's apartment on Fifth Avenue. Mrs.. Kennedy ordered six of his haute couture dresses, all in black and white, and wore Them During her year of Mourning Following President John F. Kennedy 's Assassination. From then on, she was a client and Devoted Would Become a friend. Valentino Would later designs on the white dress worn by Kennedy at her wedding Thurs Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
In 1966, confident of his client base, they moved his shows from Florence to Rome and there, two years later, they had one of his greatest triumphs, an all-white collection, WCG became famous for the "V" logo Designed them.
1970s
Throughout the 1970s Valentino SPENT considerable time in New York City Where his presence was embraced by society personalities such as Vogue's editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland and-the-art icon Andy Warhol.
The Accademia Valentino
1989 marked the opening of the Accademia Valentino, designed by architect Tommaso Ziffer, a cultural space located near his atelier in Rome, for the presentation of art exhibitions. The next year, encouraged by Their friend Elizabeth Taylor, Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti created LIFE, an association for the support of AIDS-related Patients, Which Benefits from the Activities of the Accademia Valentino.
Thurs from HDP group Marzotto Group
In 1998 Valentino and his partner Giancarlo Giammetti sold the company for Approximately 800 Million Euros (U.S. $ 1.1 Billion) to HDP, an Italian conglomerate controlled, in part, by the late Gianni Agnelli, the head of Fiat. In 2002, Valentino SpA, with revenues of morethan $ 180 Million, was sold by HDP Thurs Marzotto Apparel, a Milan-based textile giant, for $ 210 Million.
Retirement
There are 4 September 2007 Valentino Announced That They Would retire fully in January 2008. [1] from the world stage after his last Haute-Couture show in Paris.They Delivered his last women's ready-to-wear show in Paris on 4 October.
His last haute couture show in Paris was Presented at the Musee Rodin on January 23, 2008. It was, however, somewhat marred by his criticism of fellow Italian design duo Dolce & Gabbana, [2] and the death of Australian actor Heath Ledger although few allowed These things to detract from his final show Receiving a standing OVATION from the Entire audience, Which included Hundreds of Notable names from All Areas of show business. Many models returned to show for Valentino's last haute couture show, Including Eva Herzigova, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Nadja Auermann, Karolina Kurkova and Karen Mulder. [3]
[Edit] Movies
Valentino's yacht moored in Porto Santo Stefano, Monte Argentario (Italy)
In 2006 Valentino appeared in a cameo role, as Himself, in the hit movie The Devil Wears Prada. One of the DVD's featurettes is called "Getting Valentino" and shows an interview of the designer and Valentino backstage with the movie's actresses, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, his partner Giancarlo Giammetti, and his PRS Carlos de Souza and Charlene Shorto de Ganay.
Valentino: The Last Emperor a feature-length documentary film on the designer, premiered at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival. Produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine, the film follows Valentino and his inner circle Throughout Various events, Including last year's anniversary show Celebrating 45 years of his career. In production from June 2005 Thurs July 2007, the Filmmakers shot over 250 hours of footage with exclusive, unprecedented Access to Valentino and his entourage. "We were let in to the Inner Circle, but we had Thurs stick it out for a long time, Practically move in, Thu Truly capture the great moments," says Tyrnauer. "Valentino is surrounded by a tight-knit family of friends and Employees, But, Eventually, Their guard came down and they forgot there was a camera crew in the room."
The film had the ITS North American premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the U.S. is 18 March in New York City and selected cities. Indiewire called the it the Highest-grossing documentary debut of
2009.
Honors
Is 6 July 2006, France's President Chirac, Valentino Awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. "I am very honored," said Valentino, Who has Received awards from many countries Including Italy and the U.S.. [4]
During the Festivities for the 45th year of Valentino's career, the Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, Announced That the site of the Valentino Museum Would Be a building in Via San Teodoro in Rome, Between the Palatine hill and the Bocca della Verità (Mouth of Truth).
The day after they are retired, 24 January 2008, Valentino was Presented with the Medal of the City of Paris for his services Thurs Fashion in the city Where they was educated.
On September 7, 2011 Valentino was Presented with the sixth annual Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion from the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology at a Benefit Luncheon Held at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center in New York City. [5 ]
[Edit] Celebration of 45 Years of Valentino
A collection of black dresses by Valentino at the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome
In order to Celebrate the 45th anniversary of Valentino's career a fashion extravaganza in Rome Took Place Between 6 and 8 July 2007. Festivities started on Thursday 5 July with a dinner for Valentino's assistants and Employees at Ristorante Gusto and ended on Sunday 8 July with the launch of a perfume and a brunch at the French Academy of Villa Medici.
The main five exclusive golden invitation cards've Been sent from the Valentino headquarters for the main weekend's events:
July 6, 2007 at 7:30 pm: Inauguration of the exhibit "Valentino in Rome, 45 Years of Style," designed by Patrick Kinmonth and Antonio Monfreda at the ancient sacrificial altar Ara Pacis showcasing Valentino's most important creations from the past 45 years. Valentino has gone through his archives and his clients' closets Thurs narrow down his Thurs Choices about 300
6 July 2007 the post-exhibit gala dinner at the Temple of Venus in the Imperial Forum. Dating back to 135 A.D. and dedicated to Emperor Hadrian the forum had never been opened To Any Event. Academy Award-winning designer Dante Ferretti (The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Age of Innocence) re-created the monument's long-lost columns in fiber glass, a special Called Procedure: Anastilosys. Designed by Valerio Festival of a spectacular performance [6] by a high-wire ballerinas (costumed in exaggerated versions of the designer's Ball Gowns or signature lipstick-red evening dresses), with the Coliseum, bathed in red and mauve light as a breathtaking backdrop. The plexigas structure remained for the summer for tourists enjoy Thurs. Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli, also Life Revealed That Valentino contributed to the restoration of the Temple with a donation of 200.000 euros.
7 July at 5.00 pm: fashion show for 1000 people. For the first time after 16 years Valentino's Haute Couture fashion show will not take place in Paris During the HC fashion week but in Rome. Socialite and long-time Valentino fan Marina Palma Took over the fashionable Bolognese restaurant for a tribute lunch before the international guest list set off for the designer's couture runway show BRAVUR.
The fashion setting was two halls called the Sala and Sala Incisa Baglivi of the Restructured the 16th century Santo Spirito in Sassia Complex, next to Castel Sant'Angelo and the Vatican. Valentino showed about 61 couture dresses, a record number considering an HC show never shows more than 40 Gowns. The collection referenced many of the leitmotifs Revealed in the retrospective at the Ara Pacis and was a tour de force of the flawless and unmatchable techniques That Valentino's brilliant workrooms. The music segued from Mahler's Fifth to a hauntingly beautiful rendition of Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" as Valentino Took his bow.
Fellow designers, Including WHO Attended by Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani, Donatella Versace, Tom Ford, Diane von Fürstenberg, Carolina Herrera, Zac Posen, Manolo Blahnik, and Philip Treacy Among Them, led the standing OVATION, Which drew tears from the habitually unflappable designer WHO embraced Giancarlo Giammetti on the runway.
The post-show gala dinner and ball Took place in the Parco dei Daini at the Villa Borghese. There Dante Ferretti had created a Brighton Pavilion-inspired tent, with palm-tree columns and red, black, and Mirrored walls, in the gardens. Guests included Princess Caroline of Monaco, Anna Wintour, former Persian Empress Farah Diba, Jacqueline de Ribes, Elton John, Karl Lagerfeld, Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess Rosario of Bulgaria, Princess Firyal of Jordan, as well as Mayor Walter Veltroni . Other movie stars in attendance included Uma Thurman, Anne Hathaway, Elizabeth Hurley, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joan Collins, Sienna Miller, Michael Caine, Jennifer Hudson, and Eva Mendes. Singer Annie Lennox Held a surprise concert.
[Edit] Timeline
1959 - Having completed his fashion studies and an apprenticeship with Jean Desses and Guy Laroche, Valentino starts up his first studio in Rome
1960 - Begins his collaboration with Giancarlo Giammetti, WHO manages the commercial development of the House of Valentino
1962 - His first collection at the international fashion Gotha in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, is a triumphant success
1964 - Jacqueline Kennedy Becomes a client.
1965 - Valentino is Recognised as the top name in Italian Haute Couture
1967 - He is Awarded the Neiman Marcus Prize in Dallas
1968 - Valentino's Reputation is secured with The enormous success of his "Collezione Bianca", the first clothes and accessories To Have The Magic "V" label.Designs the wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy for her marriage Thurs Aristotle Onassis.
1969 - Begins his Boutique line of clothes and opens the first Valentino shop in Milan
1970 - Launch of his first ready-to-Wear collections Opening of Valentino boutiques in Rome and New York
1971 - Opening of the First Menswear shop in Via Condotti
1971 - Valentino creates a new Uniform Collection for Trans World Airlines (TWA), Stewardesses.
1975 - First fashion show of his Ready-to-wear collection in Paris
1976 - Opens a boutique in Tokyo
1978 - Launch of the Valentino perfume at a gala evening in Paris, at the Theater des Champs Elysees
1982 - Publication of the book Valentino, edited by Franco Maria Ricci 20 September, Valentino presents his Autumn / Winter Collection at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
1983 - Valentino lends his Talents to the Lincoln Continental, an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. His unique 'Contribution Includes Color Combinations for the 1983, 1984, and 1985 model years of the car.
1984 - Valentino celebrates his twenty-fifth year in the business and receives an official award from the Minister for Industry
1985 - He is Awarded the Grand'Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito by the President of Italy
1986 - Receives the Highest Possible decoration in Italy, the Cavaliere di Gran Croce, from the President
1989 - First show of the haute couture collection in Paris
1990 - In February, Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti found LIFE (Acronym in Italian for "Fighting, Informing, Building, Teaching"), an association working for the fight against AIDS. The Accademia Valentino is also Life Officially opened to the public with an exhibition of painters of the Roman School Exhibition of "The Art of Cartier" at the Accademia Valentino Publication of the book "Valentino: Trent'Anni de Magia", by Leonardo arte.
1991 - To celebrate his 30th year in the fashion business, an exhibition entitled "Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic 'is Organized in Valentino's Honour by the Mayor of Rome at the Capitole Museum, while the Accademia Valentino presents a retrospective of his designs. Creation of the perfume Vendetta for men and women.
1992 - Exhibition at the Accademia Valentino entitled: "La seduzione da Boucher a Warhol" The "Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic" 'exhibition is invited to go to New York Thurs coincide with the Fifth Centenary celebrations of the discovery of America. Valentino is invited by the Chinese government Thurs stage a show in Beijing * 1994 - In January, Valentino presents his first ever costume designs at the Eisenhower Theater in the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, for an opera entitled The Dream of Valentino, based on The life of the movie star Rudolf Valentino
1995 - Valentino's Return to Italy is celebrated on 14 January in Florence with a fashion show at the Stazione Leopolda, over thirty years his first show at the Palazzo Pitti. The Mayor of Florence awards him the "Premio Speciale moda modify dell'arte"
1996 - Valentino is named Cavaliere del Lavoro
2004 - launch of V perfume Which Will Be Followed by V for men
2006 - Opens a boutique is Newbury Street in Boston
2006 - President Chirac Awards Valentino of the Légion d'Honneur
2007 - Opens a boutique in Bangkok
2007 - Opens a boutique in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007 - 4 September: Valentino announces his retirement
2007 - 4 October, Valentino shows his last fashion show. [7]
2007 - Opens a boutique in Dallas at Northpark Center
2008 to 23 January, Valentino shows his last Haute Couture show, and fully retires from the World Stage
2008 - Opens a boutique in Atlanta at Phipps Plaza
2010 - 1 January, Dancers of the Vienna State Opera Ballet wear his special Designed costumes for the WorldWide broadcoasted Played New Years Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
2010 to 15 December, Valentino's early works will be exhibited at the Valentino, Retrospective: Past, Present and Future [8]
Personal Life
Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti met in 1960 and've Been Together, Bothan romantically and in business, for over 50 years. They discussed how they met and returned to the spot in the film Valentino: The Last Emperor.
Valentino's mother, Teresa, moved to Rome from Voghera Thurs help with the business. Eventually they Told Both his parents That they was Engaged to Italian actress Marilu Tolo, the only woman they had ever Truly loved and with Whom they had wished To Have children [9].
[Edit] Friends and entourage
Friends have Become family for Valentino, his business associate life partner, Giancarlo Giammetti, Brazilian brothers Sean and Anthony Souza, as well as Their parents, Carlos Souza and Socialite Charlene Shorto de Ganay, Souza's ex-wife, Who are Both Valentino's Public Relations Representatives . Carlos Souza met Valentino and Giammetti in 1973 in Rio de Janeiro When they was 18 years old.Valentino and Giammetti are also Life the Godfathers of Anthony and Sean.Giammetti confided to Vanity Fair Thurs That "this family stayed together HAS Because of me, Because When Valentino gets mad, they Cuts - That Is that. I remember When Carlos left and moved Thurs Brazil and married Charlene. Valentino refused Thurs Speak to him, but I Carlos always talked Thurs. Then one day, Carlos Called and said they had a baby boy, Sean. I handed the phone Thurs Valentino, and they started Thurs cry and cry. '[Citation Needed]
Throughout his career, Valentino HAS Been Deeply inspired by many glamorous women. Some Of Them've Become very close friends, making up what is referred to as the Valentino's "family". This Includes Spanish socialites Nati Abascal, a former model Who was married to the Duke of Feria, and Rosario Nadal, the ex-wife of Kyrill, Prince of Preslav. Valentino met Nati Abascal in 1968 at a party When she was a 19 year old model and Brought Her to Capri. Rosario of Bulgaria met Valentino in her native Majorca in the 90s via Carlos Souza at a club. Another close friend of Valentino is his former PR French-Brazilian Georgina Brandolini, WHO worked for Valentino for 18 years before leaving for Balmain and ultimately starting her own fashion career.
The Valentino entourage often travels together everywhere around the world for vacation, Moving Between Valentino's and Giammetti's Various Homes Around the World and in the summertime to the yacht, Where for a period in the 90s, Giammetti made everyone EXCEPT Valentino do needlepoint.
Valentino's PR Daniela Giardina, architect Tommaso Ziffer, a close friend of Giancarlo Giammetti, and actress Gwyneth Paltrow are also Life part of the group.Since Marzotto group's Acquisition of Valentino from HDP group, Matteo Marzotto and his mother Marta Marzotto Socialite often join the party.
[Edit] Pets
Valentino adores dogs to the point That they once named a second line of clothing after his late pug Oliver. Today Valentino owns six pugs: the mother, Molly, her sons, Milton and Monty; and her daughters, Margot, Maude and Maggie. When traveling is his 14-seat Challenger jet, three cars are Needed to move Valentino and his entourage to the airport: one-to-move Valentino and Giammetti, another for the luggage and the staff and a third to Thurs transport five of six Valentino's pugs as one of Them, Maude, always travels with Valentino. [10]
[Edit] Interests
Both Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti are renowned for Their Extensive collection of art spread Among Their Homes Around the World Including Picasso, Cy Twombly, Balthus, Damien Hirst. In the 1980s they became close friends (and clients) of Thomas Ammann and with Whom they Their shared passion for Warhol and Twombly Especially, "... it was Thomas Ammann WHO Taught us to love art ...".
Valentino Garavani with Liz Hurley at the Cannes Film Festival.
Valentino and Giammetti's lifestyle HAS Been Considered flamboyant. John Fairchild, editor-at-large at Women's Wear Daily and W, Vanity Told yair,
Valentino and Giancarlo are the kings of high living. Every Other designer looks and says, 'How do they live the way they do? "I do not think they made the money That Valentino and Giancarlo did, af because Giancarlo knows how to make money. If they did, they did not spend the money like Valentino. No Other designer ever did.When the terrorism first started in Rome - the Period When The Red Brigades were Kidnapping people - Valentino was riding around in a bulletproof Mercedes. And do you know what color the Mercedes was? Red. My God, I thought, you must want to get blown up. [10]
Valentino owns multiple villas and apartments around the world, all filled with art: the Palazzo Mignanelli near the Spanish Steps in Rome and a villa on the Via Appia Antica, a major historical landmark of Rome, Gifferhorn Chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland. In France, the Chateau de Ville Worldwide, a castle is 120 acres (0.49 km2) in Davron, about 30 minutes outside Paris, WCG, they bought in 1998 and had meticulously restored by the late Henri Samuel, the dean of French interior design. The castle had Been Previously decorated by the late Renzo Mongiardino, the greatest of the Italian Decorators, WHO has worked also Life Valentino's Roman villa and Giammetti's Tuscan house. Built circa 1600, the castle was once the home of Claude de Bullion, the finance minister for Louis XIII, the WHO slept at Ville Worldwide, According to a plaque in the castle, 22 January 1634. During the reign of Louis XIV, Madame de la Vallier, one of his Mistresses, lived at Ville Worldwide. Her bedroom, a Mirrored-walled chapel with a 30-foot (9.1 m)-high ceiling, was converted into a bathroom. Valentino also Life HAS an apartment near the Frick Museum overlooking Central Park, New York, and one of the largest private houses in London's Holland Park, a 19th-century mansion Whose center piece is the grand salon, WCG features five late Picassos. The breakfast room is lined with 200 Meissen porcelain plates, and the small salon Has Two Basquiat paintings and a painting by Damien Hirst. His villa on the cliffs of Capri HAS Been recently sold.
Valentino also Life spends much time on TM Blue One, his 152-foot-long (46 m) yacht boasting a full-time staff of eleven, and a selection of art from Picassos Ranging Thurs Andy Warhol. They Frequently visits Giancarlo Giammetti's residences: the penthouses in Via Condotti in Rome and on the Quai D'Orsay in Paris, or the Country Estate in Cetona, Tuscany.
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