Italian fashion

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 99. Chapters: Clothing companies of Italy, Italian fashion designers, Benetton Group, Prada, Valentino Garavani, Elsa Schiaparelli, Gucci, Fiorucci, Lotto Sport Italia, Giorgio Armani, Emilio Pucci, Versace, Macron, Donatella Versace, Massimo Osti, Sportswear, Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A., Anita Pallenberg, Diadora, Missoni, Brioni, Gianni Versace, Diesel, Ermenegildo Zegna, Gianfranco Ferré, Kappa, Nino Cerruti, Costume National, Fila, Fashion in Milan, Giuliana Camerino, Safilo, Riccardo Tisci, History of Italian fashion, Luxottica, Bottega Veneta, Angelo Litrico, Ennio Capasa, Blufin, Max Mara, Valentino SpA, Mila Schön, Alberta Ferretti, Marni, Roberto Cavalli, Alpinestars, Renzo Rosso, Miuccia Prada, Nina Ricci, La Rinascente, Legea, Alessandro De Benedetti, Luciano Soprani, Why Not Model Agency, Alessandro Sartori, Frette, Valeria Marini, Emilio Cavallini, Versus, L.G.R, Antonio D'Amico, Ferdinando Sarmi, Franco Moschino, Shy, Giambattista Valli, Ellesse, Irene Galitzine, Antonia Sautter, Sergio Tacchini, Tod's, Fendi, D'management Group, Kiton, Quadrilatero della moda, Stefano Pilati, Nicola Trussardi, Galeazzo von Mörl, Cesare Paciotti, Bruno Magli, Pantofola d'Oro, Sergio Rossi, Caraceni, Elsa Peretti, Fausto Sarli, E. Marinella, Stone Island, UPIM, Roberto Capucci, Think Pink, Carlo Palazzi, Superga, Agostino Lanfranchi, Italo Zucchelli, Loro Piana, Laura Biagiotti, Rene Caovilla, 55DSL, Etro, Borsalino, John Richmond, Lineapelle, Alessandra Facchinetti, Canali, Guccio Gucci, Costumi d'Arte, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, L.C.P. di Pompei, Artsana, Extè, Marlboro Classics, Tirelli Costumi, Mandarina Duck, Rocco Barocco, Renato Balestra, Loris Abate, Chicco, Gas jeans, Marzotto, Edina Altara, Sealup, Corneliani, L'alpina, Simod, Coin, DEHA, Rossella Jardini, Alviero Martini, SLAM, Mario Prada, Beatrice International Models, COMVERT S.r.l., Romeo Gigli, Valentino Fashion Group, Police, Luigi Borrelli, Levante, Enrico Coveri, Nordica, Nicolao Atelier, Andrea Moda, Pal Zileri, No.l.ita, Rifle. Excerpt: Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (born 11 May 1932), best known as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. His main lines were Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D. Valentino. Valentino became interested in fashion while in primary school in his native Voghera, Lombardy, northern Italy, when he apprenticed under his aunt Rosa and local designer Ernestina Salvadeo, an aunt of noted artist Aldo Giorgini. Valentino then moved to Paris to pursue this interest with the help of his mother Teresa de Biaggi and his father Mauro Garavani. There he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. His first choice for an apprenticeship, in Paris, was Jacques Fath, then Balenciaga. He found an apprenticeship with Jean Desses where he used to help style icon countess Jacqueline de Ribes sketch her dress ideas. He then joined Guy Laroche for 2 years. At Jean Desses, Valentino sketched furiously, between helping with window dressing and greeting clients for the daily 2:30 pm private showings. Most of his early sketches were lost. At a Rome exhibition in 1991 a smattering went on display and current clients at that time such as Marie-Hélène de Rothschild and Elizabeth Taylor marveled that the DNA of Valentino's style was already apparent in the layers of white pleats and animal prints. A wedding dress by Val...