{"product_id":"valentino-a-grand-italian-epic","title":"Valentino: A Grand Italian Epic","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor nearly half a century, Valentino dominated Italian haute couture, dressing some of the world’s wealthiest and most celebrated women. He opened his fashion house in Rome in 1959 and within only a few years had risen to the height of international fame, counting Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy, and Audrey Hepburn among his admirers. Although Valentino retired from the business in 2007, his label remains one of the most recognizable in the world, worn by leading celebrities from Gwyneth Paltrow to Jennifer Lopez. Throughout decades of shifting fashion trends — from grunge to deconstruction and beyond — Valentino never abandoned his signature sense of elegance and refinement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume celebrates Valentino’s extraordinary career through an extensive selection of material drawn from the couturier’s archives, including sketches, magazine photography, advertisements, portraits of Valentino himself, and documentary photographs. Presented chronologically, the visual material is complemented by newspaper articles and magazine features published about Valentino over the decades. Together, they offer an intimate and detailed portrait of the designer, his life, and his enduring body of work.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"74\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"11\"\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e • Author: Suzy Menkes • Publisher: Taschen • Format: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45554869338156,"sku":"9783754400692","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/2234\/1420\/files\/9783754400692.jpg?v=1779205019","url":"https:\/\/cedarleafbooks.com\/products\/valentino-a-grand-italian-epic","provider":"Cedar Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}