Fashion Designer Clemente Ludoviko Valentino Garavani

â€Å"I know what women want. They want to be beautiful† (www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Valentino) said Valentino Garavani who was one of the most influential fashion designs of the 20th and 21st century, â€Å"Known for his classic designs, hes been dressing the world’s rich and famous for almost the last five decades. Valentino has built his once small fashion house into a fashion empire.† (www.lifeinitaly.com/fashion/valentino-garavini.asp) His career in fashion started in the fifties but his passion for it began as a young child with the approval and encouragement of his parents. Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani was born in Italy in 1932 where he lived for 17 years until he left for Paris to study fashion at the famous school of L’ecole de la†¦show more content†¦Partner Giammetti has the idea to use the V in merchandising for all kinds of accessories. In that same year he designed a dress for one of his most famous clients, Jacqueline Kennedy, who wore this creation or her wedding to Aristotle Onassis. Valentino spent most the seventies in New York socialising and dressing famous celebrities but not before launching his first ready-to-wear for men and women and opened boutiques in Rome, Milan, London, Paris then USA and the Far East. Valentines designs started to grow beyond dresses to jeans, shirts and accessories. â€Å"The success story grew in strength with a perfume and interior decor line. Valentino had truly become fashions It man.† (www.lifeinitaly.com/fashion/valentino-garavini.asp) More collections where launched during the eighties such as childrenswear and a line for young adults. Academie Valentino opened in 1989 in Rome, a cultural house host to art exhibitions and other activities. â€Å"Valentino’s designs through the years have remained romantic, just like he prefers. Throughout the years, Valentino has continued to make romantic, lovely and fashionable designs that speak to women of all ages.† (www.lifeinitaly.com/fashion/valentino-garavini.asp) In 1998 Valentino and partner Giammetti sell the company HdP who in 2002