he mostly unveiled his collections in Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\nMourners waited in line to enter the headquarters of Valentino\u2019s foundation and stop for a few moments in front of his coffin, adorned with just one red rose and surrounded by white flowers.<\/p>\n
Only his closest relatives and friends sat on both sides of the coffin, including his two beloved fawn-colored pugs.<\/p>\n
Hailing him as one of \u201cItaly\u2019s most luminous and beloved figures,\u201d Rome’s mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, underlined the designer\u2019s strong links with the Italian capital.<\/p>\n
Alessandro Michele, the current creative director of the Valentino fashion house, said the Maestro would be irreplaceable, but left a sound heritage. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s been a great example of life,\u201d Michele told reporters before entering the foundation for his last salute. \u201cHe came from afar and built something immense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Never one for edginess or statement dressing, Valentino\u2019s nearly half-century career stretched from his early days in Rome in the 1960s through to his retirement in 2008.<\/p>\n
He founded the house of Valentino on Rome\u2019s central Via Condotti in 1959.<\/p>\n
Valentino\u2019s fail-safe designs made him the king of the red carpet, the go-to man for A-listers\u2019 awards ceremony needs.<\/p>\n
His sumptuous gowns have graced countless Academy Awards, notably in 2001, when Roberts wore a vintage black and white column to accept her best actress statue. Cate Blanchett also wore Valentino \u2014 a one-shouldered number in butter-yellow silk \u2014 when she won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wsls.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROME \u2013 Rome is paying its final tribute to legendary designer Valentino, who made his high-glamour gowns and trademark shade of red an iconic symbol of Italian elegance. Valentino Garavani, who died aged 93 at his Rome residence on Monday, built his house in the Italian capital, where he will be lying in state at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2243774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[365799,21796,319670,21741,433807,345279,21818,393149,434330,433750,22814],"class_list":["post-2243773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alessandro-michele","tag-business","tag-cate-blanchett","tag-entertainment","tag-jackie-kennedy-onassis","tag-julia-roberts","tag-lifestyle","tag-queen-rania","tag-roberto-gualtieri","tag-valentino-garavani","tag-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rome-pays-its-last-tribute-to-fashion-emperor-Valentino-in.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2243776,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243773\/revisions\/2243776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}