Valentino Roma

Valentino Roma: Timeless Red

Valentino is a division of Valentino Fashion Group, dealing with clothing, accessories and footwear both for man and woman. The group includes items of other great designers such as Hugo Boss and Missoni and garments of other great brands such as Marlboro Classics or Lebole. Pursuing continuity and innovation, Valentino fashion house has multiple styles according to the most demanding tastes. In Rome you can find Valentino’s collections in different boutiques, all located in the historic centre.

Valentino Roma: via Condotti
Valentino is in via Condotti 15, the main shopping street in Rome. Via Condotti gathers elegant boutiques of luxury brands and connects via del Corso with the Spanish Steps. It can be an ideal starting point if you are interested in go shopping and visit the city at the same time, because it is located in a lively commercial area, surrounded by attractions such as the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, the Trajan Markers, Piazza Venezia and Piazza del Popolo. Via Condotti is really easy to reach by metro, A line, it is only few kilometres away from Termini station.
Valentino Roma: via Bocca di Leone
Valentino is also in via Bocca di Leone 15, located near via del Corso, the street that connects Piazza del Popolo with Piazza Venezia. Via del Corso is a nice street, full of shops and historic monuments. It is really easy to reach, by metro, A line at Flaminio stop, or by bus from Termini station.  
Valentino Roma: via del Babuino
Valentino is in via del Babuino 61, the street that connects the Spanish Steps with Piazza Navona. It is an elegant and chic street, close the famous via Condotti. You can reach via del Babuino from Termini station both by bus and by metro, A line.

Valentino Roma: origin
Valentino became interested in men and women's fashion while in primary school in his native Voghera, Lombardy, northern Italy, when he apprenticed under his aunt Rosa and local designer Ernestina Salvadeo, an aunt of noted artist Aldo Giorgini. At 17, Valentino moved to Paris to pursue this interest with the help of his mother Teresa de Biaggi and his father Mauro Garavani. There he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. His first choice in Paris was Jacques Fath, then Balenciaga. He then found apprentice jobs with Jean Desses. After five years, Valentino left him under a cloud over an incident about prolonging a vacation in St. Tropez that still makes him wriggle uncomfortably today. Rescued by his friend Guy Laroche, he joined his “tiny, tiny” fashion house. After discussions with his parents, he decided to return to Italy and set up in Rome in 1959. In 1959 Valentino left Paris and moved back to Italy with his lover, French socialite Gerald Nanty and opened a fashion house in Rome on the posh via Condotti with the backing of his father and an associate of his. More than an atelier, the premises resembled a real “maison de couture”, being it very much on the line of what Valentino had seen in Paris: everything was very grand and models flew in from Paris for his first show. Valentino became known for his red dresses, in the bright shade that became known in the fashion industry as "Valentino red". From that tine onwards he became famous all over the world, the favourite brand of hundreds of cinema stars. On September 2007 Valentino announced that he would retire fully from the world stage after his last Haute-Couture show in Paris.