Guardian Life & Style (US) • Jan. 20, 2026, 1:27 p.m.

Italian fashion designer who dressed some of the world’s most photographed women in glamorous, show-stopping gowns After Valentino Garavani retired in 2008 from a fashion world in which the meaning of luxury had changed, his half-century of couture creation was marked with exhibitions. The one at Somerset House in London in 2012, Valentino: Master of Couture , displayed more than a hundred of his outfits within close peering range, each with a card bearing the name of the woman – royal, diva, star, social leader – for whom it had been created.

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