Legendary fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known simply as Valentino, has died, according to a post shared Monday on his Instagram page.
“Valentino Garavani passed away today at his Roman residence, surrounded by his loved ones,” the post read.
Valentino was 93.
The post also shared details about his funeral arrangement, specifying that he will lie in state Wednesday, with the funeral to follow on Friday.
Valentino was born in 1932 in Voghera, in the Lombardy region of Italy. After a stint in Paris in his youth, where the now-iconic name in fashion first honed his skills, Valentino returned to Italy where he launched his now world-famous fashion house, Valentino, in the early 1960s, with help from business partner Giancarlo Giammetti.
Valentino saw early success, collecting accolades including the 1967 Neiman Marcus Fashion Award, and designing a wedding dress for former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy for her wedding to Aristotle Onassis in 1968. He went on to design wedding dresses for some of the world’s most famous people.
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