Valentino Designer Luxury Fashion for Women

MadonnaJane recommends the New Luxury Valentino R.E.D. Collection of women’s clothing from the maestro of Italian couture.  A few of our new selections include a striking and sexy black lace trimmed black knit dress, Valentino R.E.D. multicolor one-half sleeve silk dress, black ruffled biker jacket, Valentino R.E.D. black tiered shrug, black ruffled front cardigan, Valentino R.E.D. lavender ruffled front top and more.

Valentino house of  fashion was started in 1960 by the legendary fashion icon Valentino Garavani where today the Milan based business has grown to locations in over 70 countries.  The group is now owned by Permira private equity fund, the Marzotto family and their partners.  Stefano Sassi is Chairman and CEO of Valentino S.P.a. and has been at that position since 2006.   Since October 2008 the creative direction at Valentino Fashion Group went to Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli.  Before the new roles they worked closely with Valentino Garavani for a decade contributing to the international success of the Valentino accessories project.  Their first Haute Couture collection debuted in January 2009 in Paris with magnanimous approval of  Hollywood celebrities, socialites and fashion leaders.  Jennifer Aniston choose a gown from the debut collection for the 2009 Oscars.  Evangeline Lilly and Rachel Weisz chose creations from their first Pret-a-Porter collection to wear at the 2009 Cannes Festival.  Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli new vision of the Valentino woman was expressed in their July 2009 Haute Couture Collection.  This vision expresses “an unusual version of femininity and a concept of extreme elegance that effects her entire way of being.”  For the 2010 Fall fashion season the creative  focuses on yards of ruffles, lots of lace, thousands of beads and studded women’s shoes where the aim is to attract the younger women back to Valentino. 

Valentino Garavani was  born May 11th, 1932 in Voghera, Lombarty, northern Italy.  In primary school Valentino became interested in fashion where he apprenticed  under his aunt Rosa and a local designer Ernestina Salvadeo.  At age 17 Valentino moved to Paris with the help of his parents Teresa de Biaggi and Mauro Garavani.  In Paris he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.  Valentino had numerous apprenticeship’s in Paris, notably Jacques Fath, Balenciaga, Jean Desses, Guy Laroche.  Valentino was know for his fascination with red fabrics and that he made  lots of sketches working with clients.  With the aid of his parents he moved to Rome, Italy in 1959 to set up his first house of design with an investor, associate of his father.    This business relationship ended almost as quickly as it began because Valentino was know to have a penchant for extravagant spending.  To the rescue came Giancarlo Giammetti who brought a  business sense and financing  escaping bankruptcy.   Valentino’s 1962 international fashion debut in Florence, the Italian fashion capital of the time, proved to be an extremely successful venue which resulted in a deluge of orders coming from the best dressed woman of international high society.  A few of the these woman included  Countess Jacqueline de Ribes and New York socialites Babe Paley and Jayne Wrightsman.  By the mid 1960′s Valentino was considered the undisputed maestro of Italian couture with a long list of new high society customers.  They include Princess Margret, Marisa Berenson, Marelia Agnelli, Gloria Guiness, Audry Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Babe Paley, Queen Paola of Belgium, Lee Radzill, Jacquine Kennedy Onassis, Farah Dibi and more.  Valentino and his partner Giancarlo Giammetti in 1998 sold the company to HdP, an Italian conglomerate where he remained in control of creative design. 

Valentino and the newer creative team of Marie Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli have collected a group of celebrity fashion followers on the Red Carpet and other events: Chloe Sevigny, Cameron Diaz, Keira Knightley, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Ann Hathaway, Kate Bosworth, Jennifer Garden, Zoe Saldana, Amanda Seyfried and more. 

You will find a great selection of  Valentino designer clothing and accessories along with hundreds of additional fashion designers on our internet designer boutique DesignerGreatDeals.Com.  We offer authentic Designer Apparel, Handbags, Jewelry and Watches for women at reduced deal prices from designer boutiques and sometimes deep discounts.  Shop often to get the best fashion deals.

Have a great time shopping our Valentino Collection.

Kira Kinghtley in Valentino Caramel Gown. Photo Credit: People.Com

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