Italian designer Valentino Garavani founded his eponymous label in Rome in 1959. The label grew to international proportions in the 60s after gaining a celebrity following in the form of Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Kennedy-Onassis. Since then, Valentino has developed a romantic aesthetic with signatures that include the 'Valentino red' shade of fabric that laces all collections, in addition to the rose embellishment found across the label's many lines. Ready-to-wear also includes a line of print bikinis.
