{"id":15761,"date":"2026-01-20T20:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15761"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:29:17","slug":"legendary-italian-designer-valentino-garavani-passes-away-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15761","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Italian Designer Valentino Garavani Passes Away at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image_2026-01-19_180921559-696x392-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image_2026-01-19_180921559-696x392-1.png 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/image_2026-01-19_180921559-696x392-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died at age 93, his foundation said in a social media announcement on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fondazione Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti stated, \u201cOur founder, Valentino Garavani passed away today at his Roman residence, surrounded by his loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lying in state will be held at PM23 in Piazza Mignanelli 23 on Wednesday January 21st and Thursday January 22nd, from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. The funeral will take place on Friday, January 23rd at the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, in Piazza della Repubblica 8 in Rome, at 11 am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Universally known by his first name, Valentino was adored by generations of royals, first ladies and movie stars, from Jackie Kennedy Onassis to Julia Roberts and Queen Rania of Jordan, who swore the designer always made them look and feel their best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know what women want,\u201d he once remarked. \u201cThey want to be beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never one for edginess or statement dressing, Valentino made precious few fashion faux-pas throughout his nearly half-century-long career, which stretched from his early days in Rome in the 1960s through to his retirement in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His fail-safe designs made Valentino the king of the red carpet, the go-to man for A-listers\u2019 awards ceremony needs. His sumptuous gowns have graced countless Academy Awards, notably in 2001, when Roberts wore a vintage black and white column to accept her best actress statue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cate Blanchett also wore Valentino \u2014 a one-shouldered number in butter-yellow silk \u2014 when she won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died at age 93, his foundation said in a social media announcement on Monday. The Fondazione Valentino Garavani and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15763,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15761\/revisions\/15763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}