Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died, his foundation said on Monday.
Generally known only by his first name, Valentino was 93 years old and had retired in 2008.
Founder of the eponymous brand, Valentino scaled the heights of haute couture, created a business empire and introduced a new color to the world of fashion, the so-called “Valentino red”.
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“Valentino Garavani passed away today in his Roman residence, surrounded by his loved ones,” the foundation said on Instagram.
The wake will be on Wednesday and Thursday, while the funeral will be held in Rome on Friday at 11am (local time), he added.
Valentino was ranked alongside Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld as the last of the great designers of an era before fashion became a global, highly commercial sector, run as much by accountants and marketing executives as by couturiers.
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Lagerfeld passed away in 2019, while Armani died in September.
