Early photographs of designer Valentino, who has died aged 93

Описание: (19 Jan 2026)
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Rome - 31 December 1969
1. STILL IMAGE - Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida dances with Rome fashion designer Valentino during a year end party which she hosted in her villa on the ancient Appian Way at the outskirts of Rome on December 31, 1969. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Anastasi)  ID 6912310189

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Capri - 31 August 1970
2. STILL IMAGE - Jacqueline Onassis, walking barefoot, and Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, left, stroll the streets of the Island of Capri on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, Italy on August 31, 1970 after disembarking from her husband's, Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, yacht "Christina". (AP Photo)   ID 7008310349

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Rome - 20 January 1971
3. STILL IMAGE - Models join the public in clapping hands as they flank Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani at the end of the show of his spring-summer collection in Rome, Italy on Jan. 20, 1971. (AP Photo/Gianni Foggia)   ID 7101200389

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Rome - 23 January 1975
4. STILL IMAGE - Italian designer Valentino smiles Thursday, Jan. 23, 1975, as he acknowledges applause from the audience and his models at the end of his showing of his spring-summer collection in Rome. The designer built his collection about what was described as "a slim, unfussed '50s look." (AP-PHOTO)
ID 75012301

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Rome - 23 June 1984
5. STILL IMAGE - World famous Italian fashion designer attends the Anna Magnani award ceremony in Rome's Campidoglio Square on June 23, 1984. ( AP Photo)  ID 840623097

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Rome - 19 May 1988
6. STILL IMAGE - U.S. pop superstar Michael Jackson poses with Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida and fashion designer Valentino at a party to honor him at the American Embassy in Rome, Thursday, May 19, 1988. Michael Jackson arrived on Thursday for his first Italian tour of concerts. (AP Photo/Gianni Foggia) 
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Rome - 22 July 1988
7. STILL IMAGE - A smiling Valentino takes a bow on the runway after the presentation of his Fall-Winter 1988-1989 couture collection in Rome July 22, 1988, as his models join in the applause. (AP Photo/Bruno Mosconi)  ID 8807220168

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Paris - 13 October 1993
8. STILL IMAGE - Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, left, waves to the public and holds by the hand American actor Sharon Stone wearing the wedding gown at the end of the presentation of Valentino's 1994 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris October 13, 1993. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)  ID 20218540131686


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Rome - 14 September 1995
9. STILL IMAGE - Italian fashion designer Valentino jokes with top models Naomi Campbell, left, and Elle Mcpherson during the inauguration of Valentino's new boutique in central Rome Thursday night, Sept.14 1995. (Ap Photo/Domenico Stinellis)   ID 95091404
STORYLINE:
Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns — often in his trademark shade of “Valentino red” — were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, has died at home in Rome, his foundation announced Monday. He was 93.

“Valentino Garavani was not only a constant guide and inspiration for all of us, but a true source of light, creativity and vision,″ the foundation said in a statement posted on social media.

His body will repose at the foundation’s headquarters in Rome on Wednesday and Thursday. The funeral will be held Friday at the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome’s Piazza della Repubblica.


“I know what women want,” he once remarked. “They want to be beautiful.”




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