The fashion industry is mourning the loss of another titan. Valentino Garavani, the Italian luminary whose glamorous designs defined decades of fashion, died at his home in Rome, his foundation announced on Monday. He was 93.“The maison remembers Valentino Garavani with deep emotion and profound affection,” the Valentino house said in a statement. “His unique style and innate elegance will remain forever. We share with heartfelt sympathy the grief of his loved ones, and we remain committed to preserving and elevating the valued creative, cultural, and human heritage he entrusted to us, upon which Maison Valentino is founded.”Garavani was born in Voghera, a small town outside of Milan, in 1932. He always had an interest in fashion, but he took his first official step into the industry at 17, when he ventured to Paris to attend both the École des Beaux-Arts and the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, Town & Country reported. After apprenticing at many a..
