Legendary designer Valentino, 75, has announced his resignation from the fashion company he founded.
The announcement comes after his recent 45th anniversary blowout in Rome and on the launch of New York Fashion Week. It will certainly have the fashion set talking all week during the collections.
The designer will show two more shows before his bow out, a ready to wear this October and a haute couture show in January.
Valentino said in a statement, “My future will be filled with new interests and challenges…Some may be linked to fashion, as I have a strong desire to create and support institutions to promote the study of fashion design, and to preserve the history of the art of fashion.”
The designer founded his business in the early 1960′s and has rose and stand ahead of the fashion pack since, staying relevant from the ’60′s to the present.
Valentino to Quit as Fashion Designer [NYT]
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