1. VALENTINO

2. “There is the Pope and there is Valentino. In this city, I don’t know who else is as famous.” Valter Veltroni,The New Yorker

3. Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani 11 May 1932, Lombardy Italian and French Nationality

4. On 31 July 1960 Valentino met Giancarlo Giammetti and a friendship as well as a long-lasting partnership started. together for 12 years engaged with Italian actress Marilu Tolo,

5. School of Fine Arts in Paris Assistant to Jacques Fath (a French fashion designer) and Balenciaga (Spanish designer) He joined Guy Laroche for 2 years

6. “Valentino Red”

8. First show was in 1962 in Florence, Italy In 1966 he moved his fashions from Florence to Rome an all-withe collection- “collezione Bianca” the first clothes and accessories to have the magic “V” label the Neiman Marcus Award in 1967 (the equivalent of an Oscar in the field of fashion)

9. Costumers and personal friends: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Margaret, Audrey Hepburn

10. In 1969: boutique line of clothes and opens the first Valentino shop in Milan 1970 opening of Valenino boutiques in Rome and New York 1976 opens a boutique in Tokyo

11. 1975 first fashion show of his Ready-to- wear collectoin

12. 1989 first show of the Haute Couture collection

13. September 4th, 2007 announced retirement adores dogs; line of clothing Oliver Healthy life: no drugs, alcohol, cigarettes

14. In 2006 he did a role as himself in the movie The Devil Wears Prada Valentino: The Last Emperor (a documentary about him)

15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TcjeDq 2e_M