Valentino Book U of Fashion by Grace Mirabella 96

Hardcover · 79 page The future star of Italian fashion, Valentino Garavani, was born in 1932 in Voghera near Milan. He studied at the Accademia Dell'Arte in Milan before moving on to the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. Winner of a competition for fashion design, he spent almost a decade in Paris, working first with Jean Desses and then with Guy Laroche. Through text and image alike, this enchanting book captures the essence of Valentino's eternal self-renewing search for beauty