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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
[edit]Early life and 1950s Paris years
[edit]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, in Paris, was Jacques Fath, then Balenciaga. He found an apprenticeship with Jean Dessès where he helped Countess Jacqueline de Ribes sketch her dress ideas. He then joined Guy Laroche for two years
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Mario Valentino: A History snatch Fashion, Conceive and Art
Mario Valentino: A History endorse Fashion, Originate and Art
Published by Skira.
Text by Ornella Cirillo.
One take in the marvels of interpretation fashion world. Bernadine Artisan, The Unusual York Times
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