Valentino
Subtitle: a grand Italian epic
By: Armando Chitolina, (ed.) ; [authors], Matt Tyrnauer, [Suzy Menkes] ; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen ; [English translations, Chris Miller ... [et al.]]
Contributors: Chitolina, Armando; Menkes, Suzy; Taschen, Benedikt; Miller, Chris
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hong Kong; Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9783836503297
Subjects: Biography; Fashion designers
Other titles: Grand Italian epic, Valentino Garavani; Valentino Garavani
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Keeper of the couture flame / Suzy Menkes; title: The House of Valentino: an oral history / Matt Tynauer and Matt Pressman : A new name in fashion: the early years ; Valentino goes global: building an empire ; Living well is the best revenge: the private life ; Fashioning a family: life with the Valentinos ; The beau ideal of beauty: the gowns and the glamour ; The meaning of Binomio: the partnership ; The last link to la dolce vita: the present and the future; title: La Straordinaria storia di Valentino Garavani: the sixties : The star / John Fairchild ; Una grande storia italiana / Franca Sozzani; title: Donne, basta pantaloni!: the seventies; title: Va-va vavoom!: the eighties : A memorable first encounter / Rupert Everett; title: Rome: the dolce vita is back: the nineties; title: Tutte le strade portano a Roma: the 21st century; title: Valentino's world : Living la dolce vita / Ingrid Sischy ; Valentino at court / Farah Diba ; The model matters / Anna Wintour ; The sheikh of chic / Graydon Carter ; An eye for talent / Patrick McCarthy ; All roads lead to Rome / Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes; title: 45 years of style: drawings & dresses : The broke the mold / Anna Wintour ; Drawings ; Dresses.