Valentino

He recently appeared on Oprah. Wholesalers frequently physically assemble, sort and grade goods in large lots, break bulk, repack and redistribute in smaller lots, for example pharmaceuticals; store, refrigerate, deliver and install goods, engage in sales promotion for their customers and label design." (UNSTATS - United Nations Statistics Division). He is now 73 years old, still designing, and living in Rome. According to the United Nations Statistics Division Wholesale is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers, or involves acting as an agent or broker in buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise, to such persons or companies. Association with Giancarlo Giammetti, a program for the support of AIDS victims. (WTO - World Trade Organisation). In 1990, he cofounded the L.I.F.E. Wholesaling consists of the sale of goods/merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services.

He currently designs menswear and womenswear and has his own perfume and make-up line. Through the 1970s Valentino spent considerable time in New York City where his presence was embraced by social personalities such as Steve Rubell and art identities such as Andy Warhol. He designed the white dress that Jacqueline Kennedy wore to her wedding with Aristotle Onassis. In 1967, he premiered the Valentino White Collection, which became famous for the "V" logo he designed.

His first show, in 1962, was a success, and Valentino was welcomed into the fashion world. He moved to Rome in the beginning of the 1960s and started his own fashion house, Valentino. Then he joined Jean Desses and Guy Laroche. He first found apprentice jobs, with Jean Desses where he used to help Jacqueline de Ribes sketch her dress ideas.

He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. He became interested in fashion while in high school, during which time he studied under Vogherese designer Ernestina Salvadeo (an aunt of noted artist Aldo Giorgini) and at age 17 he moved to Paris to pursue this interest. Valentino is a fashion house created by Valentino Garavani, a famous fashion designer born on May 11, 1932, in the town of Voghera, Italy.