00:00Valentino Garavani, the veteran jet set Italian fashion designer, has died at his home in Rome.
00:07He was 93. Known for his high glamour gowns, he was a pillar of the country's fashion industry
00:14and his firm crucially remained relevant over many decades for its early days in the 1960s
00:20and beyond his own retirement in 2008.
00:24Universally known by his first name, Valentino was adored by generations of royals, first ladies and movie stars,
00:31from Jackie Kennedy Onassis to Julia Roberts and Queen Rainier of Jordan.
00:36He was also close to Diana, Princess of Wales.
00:39Valentino was born into a well-off family in a town south of Milan in May 1932.
00:45He said it was his childhood love of cinema that set him down the fashion path.
00:50After studying fashion in Milan and Paris, he spent much of the 1950s working for established Paris-based designers
00:57before striking out on his own.
01:00He founded the house of Valentino in 1959.
01:03He became a major figure in haute couture and an emblem of the Dolce Vita of the 1960s.
01:09The funeral will take place on Friday.
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