Director Matt Tyrnauer recalls how the late designer came around to embracing the 2008 film, which became a sleeper hit (thanks in no small part to Oprah).

How “Valentino: The Last Emperor” ushered in the fashion film era. Elle magazine steps into a new Hollywood role. Isabel Wilkinson Schor shares West Coast ambitions for her brand Attersee. Bella Hadid ...

Valentino—it did not take long for him to become a mononym—studied in Milan, then Paris, learning from masters such as Cristóbal Balenciaga and Guy Laroche. In 1959 he launched his own fashion house ...

FILE - Fashion designer Valentino Garavani during a photo-call to present the documentary film "Valentino: The Last Emperor" in Rome, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) FILE ...

MILAN (AP) — Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns — often in his trademark shade of “Valentino red” — were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, died ...