Italian Fashion Designers
Valentino out of Retirement?
Famed Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani retired from the fashion industry in January 2008. There was, however, speculation after the recent Valentino ready-to-wear show at Paris Fashion Week that the famed designer himself had a hand in the new collection. According to today’s Page Six: “Legendary fashion designer Valentino retired two years ago, or did [...]
Italian Fashion Designers Express Outrage During Milan Fashion Week
Milan Fashion Week for the 2008 Fall/Winter Collections is being marred by brewing trouble, leaving leading Italian fashion designers outraged. Milan Fashion Week has been branded a “circus without sense” by Dolce & Gabbana amid fears that it rapidly falling behind Paris and London as a vital destination on the haute couture circuit. Long delays, [...]
Valentino Garavani Retires from Fashion Industry
Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani bids farewell to the fashion industry with one final runway show at Paris Fashion Week. The Women’s Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2008 Collection was typically Valentino — full of stunning dresses. Unfortunately, Valentino did not have kind words to mark his departure from the fashion world: “This environment is no longer [...]
Valentino Bids Farewell to Paris Prêt-à-Porter Fashion Week
Italian fashion designer Valentino staged his last ever ready-to-wear catwalk show, winning a standing ovation Wednesday from his supporters and a reprimand from fellow designer Karl Lagerfeld, who said it was too early for the fashion designer to retire. Wednesday’s show is not quite Valentino’s last hurrah — a final haute couture display is scheduled [...]