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Designer favoured by the world's best dressed women
| Valentino Garavani became interested in fashion while still at primary school |
The favourite designer of the world&#;s best dressed women from the s onwards, he built up a business that he eventually sold for $ million.
Born Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, he became interested in fashion while still in primary school.
After working initially for his aunt Rosa, with the financial support of his parents he moved to Paris to pursue his interest, studying at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.
His first taste of working life came in the salons of Jean Dessès and Guy Laroche. Armed with the knowledge and experience he gained at the feet of two French masters, he left Paris in to set up his first fashion ho