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Article: Valentino. (history and analysis of partnership between Italian menswear designers Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti)

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July 13, 1992
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Partnership between Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti is a lesson in the marriage of esthetics and business acumen.

ROME - One hazard of being a designer with the taste and sophistication of Valentino is that the sort of man one imagines Valentino dressing - James Bond-cum-Prince Charles-cum-Gianni Agnelli - has a shopping list similar to Valentino's own: suit hand-tailored by Caraceni, tie by Turn-bull & Asser, shirt by Albertelli and shoes by Lobb.

Those are the luxurious trappings of a confident, self-made man who can afford to dress anywhere.

It's easy to see Valentino himself as the embodiment of the self-made man. If he lacks the obvious ...

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