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...time he flew back to Rome last week, order book overflowing from his 20-day U.S. tour, Valentino, 34, had clearly emerged as the new darling of the eminently fashionable...
...have been buying from Mainbocher, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Dior for years. The list includes such current Best-Dressed women as Lee Radziwill, Christina Ford and Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, as well as Best-Dressed Hall of Famers Gloria Guinness, Jackie Kennedy, "Babe" Paley and Jayne Wrightsman. The key to Valentino's rise: in a fashion world gone mad for mod, he designs clothes of great taste and elegance for women who prize beauty above eccentricity...
...Live to Be 100!" "The yé-yé look is fine for girls twelve to 15 years old, but it lacks the proportion for an older woman," says Valentino, who thinks that a woman's best years are between 30 and 50. "The vieille petite fille-the old little girl-looks ridiculous." Thus Valentino hemlines rise no more than one inch above the knee, and necklines are high. Yet the Valentino look is anything but matronly: bright, gay colors and trim, geometric lines characterize his designs; sheer luxury is one of their chief appeals. It is the kind...
What makes his success all the more remarkable is that Valentino opened his salon in Rome only six years ago, after learning the trade from Jean Dessès and Guy Laroche in Paris. Says Valentino Customer Consuelo Crespi: "He went after the extravagant, luxurious woman, and what he wanted he got." First he got Jackie Kennedy by dedicating five evening gowns to her in 1961. She remains his most constant client, last year bought her pants suit from his collection. She often writes him long, glowing letters, has even been known to clap her hands, crying "Valentino, live...
...characters. Another invention was the impressionist profile of contemporary figures, of which the most famous had the echoing refrain: "Wars, machine-gun fire and arson-good growing weather for the House of Morgan." These sketches-of Henry Ford and Big Bill Haywood the Wobbly leader, of Rudolph Valentino and Isadora Duncan-were brilliant in themselves and had great influence on the style of journalism...