{"product_id":"21450-valentino-valentino-clemente-ludovico-garavani-una-grande-storia-italiana-signed-taschen-book","title":"Valentino. [Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani] (b. 1932) Una Grande Storia Italiana - Signed Taschen Book","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\" style=\"\"\u003eLimited Collector’s Edition of 2,000 copies, each numbered and signed by Valentino Garavani, with clamshell box finished in silk cloth, specially tinted in Valentino red.  Numbered 254\/2000. 13.0 x 17.3 in., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\" style=\"\"\u003e29.00 lb, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e738 pages. \u003c\/span\u003eIssue price was $4,500 and is sold out.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eAs beautiful and luxurious as one of his gowns,this luxurious Collector’s Edition pays homage to Valentino’s illustrious career via a copious selection of images from his archives, including drawings, magazine shoots, advertisements, portraits of Valentino, and documentary photographs. Presented chronologically, the visual material is accompanied by a vast array of newspaper and magazine articles about Valentino throughout the years as well as Vanity Fair writer Matt Tyrnauer’s interviews with 20 of Valentino’s closest collaborators and friends and a tribute from fashion writer Suzy Menkes.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThink Valentino: think luxury, think elegance, think red carpet. Fashion’s beloved upholder of refined decadence and the most exciting couturier in business is known around the globe simply by his first name. Only a few years after opening his fashion house in Rome in 1959, the designer counted Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy, and Audrey Hepburn among his devotees. Over 40 years later, not much has changed—he’s still dressing the top celebrities, from Gwyneth Paltrow to J.Lo, while his business has now grown into one of the most famous fashion houses in the world.  Never wavering from his signature style even when grunge, deconstruction, and other passing fads were all the rage, Valentino has always designed clothes for glamorous and sophisticated women. Though his couture division almost never makes a profit (his ready-to-wear lines are what fuel the business), his heart is most solidly devoted to the magnificent haute couture gowns that earned him his reputation as fashion’s most talented dressmaker.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eNB: \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eSHIPPING ON THIS BOOK WILL BE DETERMINED DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093782122655,"sku":"21450","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Screen_Shot_2022-06-13_at_12.16.18_PM.png?v=1722190319","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21450-valentino-valentino-clemente-ludovico-garavani-una-grande-storia-italiana-signed-taschen-book","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}