"The Last Emperor"

Garavani VALENTINO He will be the last King of fashion.Valentino is considered as one of the last of the great designers from an era before fashion became a global, highly commercial industry. After nearly 40 years of superlative evening dress designing, Valentino Garavani, known simply as Valentino, sold his company in 1998 for £211 million. In 2006 President Chirac of France awarded this Italian the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Then in 2007 retirement age had finally arrived - he was 75 and had done it all: from Jackie Onassis' wedding dress to J Lo's. He waved farewell with an extravaganza of a party in Rome and his successor, leaving us with a wonderful documentary called "The last Emperor" which allows us to get to know this wonderful designer on another level.