Valentino at the Emperor's Table - Hardcover

Garavani, Valentino

 
9781614282938: Valentino at the Emperor's Table
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1614282935 ISBN 13: 9781614282938
Publisher: Assouline Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Valentino Garavani, often known simply as Valentino, is a legendary fashion designer and master couturier. He founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s and has since established an illustrious career designing for the world’s most glamorous women, from royalty to Hollywood icons, including Jackie O, Elizabeth Taylor and modern-day muses like Gwyneth Paltrow and Anne Hathaway.From his start designing dresses, Valentino and long-time business partner Giancarlo Giammetti built the Valentino brand into an international empire, now one of the most iconic fashion brands in the world, often associated with his signature color, “Valentino Red”. Though Valentino retired from fashion in 2008, he continues to create and follow his passions.

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About the Author

Valentino Garavani, often known simply as Valentino, is a legendary fashion designer and master couturier. He founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s and has since established an illustrious career designing for the world's most glamorous women, from royalty to Hollywood icons. André Leon Talley is a Vogue contributing editor and the magazine's former American editor-at-large. He has written several monographs, including a limited edition book on Valentino for Franco Maria Ricci, Valentino (1982), a memoir, A. L. T.: Andre Leon Talley (2003), and Little Black Dress (2013). Oberto Gili began taking photographs at an early age, but the idea to be a photographer was planted in his head when he saw the film Blow-Up, by Michaelangelo Antonioni. In the early 70s, he moved to London to work as an assistant to Michael Joseph, after which he moved to Milan to work for L'Esperto. He has been travelling the world taking pictures ever since. Gili has worked for Condé Nast, New York Magazine, and The Washington Post Magazine.

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Publisher
Assouline Publishing
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1614282935
ISBN 13 
9781614282938
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240