Overview
- Valentino Garavani died Monday in Rome at age 93, according to the Valentino Garavani Foundation and partner Giancarlo Giammetti.
- His coffin is lying in repose at the Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation beside the historic workshop, where mourners queued and left red roses.
- Funeral services are scheduled for Friday at 11 a.m. local time at the basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome.
- Giancarlo Giammetti praised Valentino’s devotion to beauty, recalling his refrain, “It’s not my fault, I simply love beauty,” and noting their partnership since founding the house in 1960.
- Tributes poured in from figures including Carla Bruni, Cindy Crawford, Gwyneth Paltrow, Donatella Versace and Sarah Jessica Parker, as separate reporting highlighted recent brand strains, with La Stampa citing a €78 million loss in 2024 and majority ownership by a Qatari-controlled fund.