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Valentino's White Collection in 1967 in which the winning "V"
first appears, and turns him into an unsurpassed king of fashion.
The lace mini-dress he designed for Jacqueline Kennedy's marriage
to Aristotle Onassis made the covers of magazines around the
world. By 1972 he has already launched his women's and men's
ready-to-wear collections and has opened his first boutiques
in Rome and Milan. Oliver (for his beloved dog) is the name
he gives to his younger line. In the years to come Valentino
extends the range of products bearing his signature by turning
his ideas and designs to various sectors of attire (neckties,
shirts, accessories, jeans) and interior decoration (textiles,
tiles, furniture, wallpaper). In 1978 he launches his own perfume
during a gala in Paris, where guest star Mikhail Baryshnikov
dances Tchaikowski's La Dame de Pique at the Theatre des Champs
Elysees.
Valentino's expansion continues with a chain of boutiques in
the USA and Japan. 1989 marks the opening of the Academia Valentino,
a cultural space located near his atelier in Rome, for the presentation
of art exhbitions. The year later, encouraged by their friend
Elizabeth Taylor, Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti
create L.I.F.E., anssociation for the support of AIDS related
patients, which benefits from the activities of the Accademia
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