After years of financial turmoil and a post-bankruptcy sale, the once-popular women’s specialty retailer Francesca’s is preparing to shut down its remaining stores, with reports that employees were ...

Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns — often in his trademark shade of "Valentino red" — were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, has died at home in ...

Valentino Garavani, the Italian fashion designer who built a world famous luxury brand around his first name, has died. He was 93. Valentino died at his home in Rome “surrounded by his loved ones,” ...

Tributes are pouring for famed Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani who has died at the age of 93. Once dubbed "The Sheikh of Chic," the couturier, who dressed countless celebrities including ...

Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, founder of the famed Valentino brand, died on Monday, January 19, 2026 in Rome, Italy. He was 93. Famed Italian designer Valentino Garavani, is applauded ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer ...

Jacqueline Kennedy wore one of his creations when she wed Aristotle Onassis. So did Elizabeth Taylor as she danced with Kirk Douglas at the premiere of “Spartacus.” When Farah Pahlavi fled Iran with ...

Valentino, as he was called, created one of the most durable and fashionable labels and became an equal of his high society customers. By Vanessa Friedman Valentino Garavani, the last of the great ...

This feature explores the A2 drawing process behind a fashion illustration inspired by Marc Jacobs, highlighting sketch development, proportions, detailing, and refinement. A behind-the-scenes look at ...