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Valentino, Italian fashion legend, dead at 93

Rob Beschizza
Jan 19, 2026
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Valentino Garavani

Valentino Garavani is dead, his foundation reports on Instagram, and will lie in state Wednesday and Thursday at its headquarters on Rome’s Piazza Mignanelli. The famed designer, who founded his eponymous fashion house in 1960, died at his home surrounded by his family.

Finding early success with dresses in a rich red shade that became …

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