Valentino Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
7th April 2009
Quote: "She's beautiful and I am sure that very, very soon she will be like Jackie Kennedy. She's a very good-looking lady. She has this sort of beauty that is very, very strong. She must be dressed with things that are elegant, beautiful and young, but not too much... She needs a little more time to perfect her style. But she knows what to do." Designer VALENTINO pays tribute to America's new fashion icon, First Lady Michelle Obama.
11th December 2008
Quote: "VALENTINO loves to sleep. I call him Mr. Peace and Love because he's so chill and serene. MATTEO is more alert and active. He was up at 3am the other night and just hanging!" Ricky Martin on becoming a dad to surrogate twin boys.
21st December 2007
Fact: Soccer stud David Beckham has bought his wife VICTORIA one of only 2,000 copies of fashion icon VALENTINO's new book, Valentino Garavani: First Name In Fashion, for Christmas. The signed book retails at a whopping $640 (GBP320).
26th November 2007
Quote: "I got lovely compliments from Gwyneth Paltrow and VALENTINO but I didn't get a date." Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger left London's Swarovski Fashion Rocks party empty-handed.
26th September 2007
Fact: Fashion designer VALENTINO has presented Angelina Jolie and her adopted daughter ZAHARA with one-of-a-kind mother and baby Histoire handbags.
3rd August 2007
Fact: Anne Hathaway has been given a limited edition Timex Event watch, worth $4,000 (GBP2,000). The actress' timepiece is the second of 45 created to honour the 45th anniversary of Italian designer VALENTINO.
6th March 2006
Fact: Having a dress worn by an Oscar winner is worth $25.5 million (GBP15 million) of free advertising for designers, according to estimates by the VALENTINO fashion house.
6th March 2006
Fact: Having a dress worn by an Oscar winner is worth $25.5 million (GBP15 million) of free advertising for designers, according to estimates by the VALENTINO fashion house.
3rd January 2006
Quote: <p>"VALENTINO wants me to go out of the house 'done' every day but it's not 1950s Hollywood anymore. That's not my life anymore. I don't have staff around." Gwyneth Paltrow insists she can't maintain a movie star image all the time, despite pressure from the top designers who think she's wasting her stylish talents. </p>
9th September 2005
Fact: <p>Socialite Nicole Richie has decided either John Galliano or VALENTINO will design her dress for her upcoming wedding to DJ ADAM GOLDSTEIN. </p>
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