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Valentino still Valentino without Valentino
PARIS AFP — All eyes were on Alessandra Facchinetti on Thursday for her debut collection at Valentino, the first in the Italian fashion house's history not designed by its founder and the most keenly anticipated show in Paris fashion week. While not according the 35-year-old designer a standing ovation,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2008-02-28
New faces at Valentino, Ungaro
PARIS AFP — Stepping into someone else's shoes is never easy, least of all when it is the likes of the veteran Italian designer Valentino, who retired in January after a triumphant four decades at the top. Alessandra Facchinetti faces a daunting debut when she presents her first collection...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Branding, MARKETING, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2008-02-22
Valentino saves his signature red until last
PARIS AFP — Italy's veteran designer Valentino kept his devoted fans waiting until the very end of his last-ever haute couture show on Wednesday evening for a glimpse of his signature red. Then just when it appeared to be all over, images of a row of models in Valentino...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Valentino
Research articles 2008-01-23
Italian designer Valentino reveals regrets in retirement interview
ROME AFP — The Italian fashion designer Valentino confided Monday his biggest regret was not grooming a successor to take over his couture empire, as he prepared to mount his final catwalk show in Paris this week. The 75-year-old high-fashion guru retires after 45 years in the business with...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Valentino
Research articles 2008-01-21
Valentino bids a final farewell in Paris couture week
PARIS AFP — Veteran Italian designer Valentino's final farewell to fashion will be the emotional high point of the haute couture shows for next spring-summer which begin on Monday. His last ever collection capping a dazzling 45-year career will be presented on Wednesday in the appropriately gracious surroundings of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, Paris, Valentino, women
Research articles 2008-01-17
Valentino, fashion maestro extraordinaire
ROME AFP — Fashion mogul Valentino, his loyalties long divided between France and Italy, has chosen Paris to show his final collection, capping a dazzling 45-year career. The venue for the January 23 show, befitting the refined elegance that defines Valentino, will be the Rodin Museum on Paris's upscale...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2008-01-14
Valentino announces new menswear designer
ROME AFP — Valentino, the Italian fashion house whose founder will present his last collection during couture week in Paris this month, on Wednesday named Ferruccio Pozzoni as its new head of menswear. "Aged 47, Ferruccio Pozzoni has a long experience in men's clothing and has designed clothes for...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Paris, Valentino, women
Research articles 2008-01-09
Valentino gets ovation for last ready-to-wear show
PARIS AFP — Italian designer Valentino received a standing ovation from a packed room for his last ever ready-to-wear show in Paris on Wednesday, having announced his retirement after 45 years in the business. Tanned and spry as ever, he came out to join his models, clapping as they...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2007-10-03
Fashion designer Valentino announces retirement
ROME AFP — Legendary Italian designer Valentino, who has dressed the world's most glamorous women for decades, announced his retirement Tuesday, saying it was time to bid farewell to the world of fashion. The 75-year-old couturier -- who in July celebrated 45 years in the business with a lavish...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, dress, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2007-09-04
Fashion designer Valentino announces retirement
ROME AFP — Legendary Italian designer Valentino, who has dressed the world's most glamorous women for decades, announced his retirement Tuesday, but promised two final collections for October and January. The 75-year-old couturier -- who in July celebrated 45 years in the business with a lavish party and exhibition...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, dress, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2007-09-04
Valentino marks 45th anniversary of design house in Rome
ROME AFP — Italian fashion designer Valentino marked the 45th anniversary of his design house on Saturday, breaking with tradition and unveiling his haute couture collections for women in Rome instead of Paris. The 75 year-old Valentino sent 60 of his creations, mostly evening wear for autumn-winter 2007-8, down...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Rome, Valentino
Research articles 2007-07-07
BETWEEN THE LINES: SAVILE SHIFTS...MARNI'S MOMENT...VALENTINO'S CLOSE-UP.(Consuelo Castiglioni to debut her collection, Christopher Bailey gets honorary doctorate from Westminster University, Ozwald Boateng and Timothy Everest to open their shops on 30 Sa
SAVILE SHIFTS: Rent wars have caused some seismic shifts on London's famed tailored clothing street, Savile Row. For a moment it seemed Anderson & Sheppard's former shop would go to a deep-pocket fashion brand, but now it appears a pair of tailors will take over the...
Tags: Branding, FINANCE, Ford Motor Co., Investment, London, MARKETING, VALENTINO
Research articles 2006-11-20
Paris haute couture opens to high theatrics, high glam
PARIS AFP — Paris haute couture week kicked off in star-studded, dramatic style, with John Galliano's theatrical vision of the Renaissance for Christian Dior and plenty of high-glam sheen at Valentino. With A-list Hollywood stars Liv Tyler, Drew Barrymore and Mischa Barton, as well as US singer Cher, making...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, dress, Paris, skirt, Strategy, Valentino
Research articles 2006-07-05
Paris haute couture: Valentino's elegance, Galliano sees red
PARIS AFP — Italian designer Valentino and John Galliano for Christian Dior highlighted two opposing faces of haute couture; one based on classic, red carpet-ready elegance, the other revealing a more experimental approach for the 21st century. Graceful evening gowns fluttered to the ground in luxurious white fabrics at...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, dress, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2006-01-23
Italian designer Valentino among those honored by France on Bastille Day
PARIS AFP — Italian couturier Valentino and Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal were among the dozens of luminaries who received France's Legion of Honor awards on Bastille Day, the country's national holiday. The two joined a host of military, entertainment, business, sports and political personalities who received the star-shaped award...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, France, MARKETING, Paris, Valentino
Research articles 2005-07-14
Paris winter fashion: wearable clothes... and lots of black
PARIS AFP — The world's top designers glanced at the bottom line before Paris ready-to-wear week, which ended, offering a safe return to basic black with their commercially sound, elegant collections for next winter. "Black is going to be dominant," explained Joan Kaner, senior vice president and fashion director...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Paris, Strategy, Valentino, winter
Research articles 2005-03-07
Vuitton goes Art Deco for next winter, Valentino glamorous as ever
PARIS AFP — US designer Marc Jacobs paid tribute to the 1920s and Art Deco fashion with his winter collection for Louis Vuitton, while Valentino did what he does best, offering a healthy dose of sultry glamour. Jacobs used Tiffany-style stained glass windows as a backdrop to hint at...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Construction, Paris, skirt, Valentino, winter
Research articles 2005-03-06
Valentino gives couture world tour for next summer
PARIS AFP — Italian designer Valentino highlighted the global reach of the fashion industry with his haute couture collection for spring-summer 2005, a tribute to the world's greatest cities. Acknowledging that his clients come from "every corner of the globe", Valentino conjured up 37 gowns, dresses and suits named...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, skirt, Strategy, Valentino
Research articles 2005-01-24
Style Police: Give in to the dark side
For the few of us left in Blighty during the holiday season, Style Police has only one thing to say: what's with the fashion industry? We're all gagging to summer-shop and what do we find? Magazines full of autumn/winter collections - which only thick and thin trophy wives have time...
Tags: Calvin Klein Inc., Valentino
Research articles 1999-07-25
SHORTER, SLEEKER, SEXIER: THE SUIT SURPRISES; THANKS TO PRADA, GUCCI, VALENTINO AND CERRUTI, THE UNHERALDED SUIT TURNS IN A STRONG SHOWING.
MILAN -- The suit, that most beleaguered of frocks, has been beaten up by both casual and cool but found a couple of new advocates during runway week here. And they just happen to be two of fashion's hippest houses: Prada...
Tags: Calvin Klein Inc., GUCCI, Prada, VALENTINO
Research articles 1999-07-02