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He became interested
in fashion while in high school, and at age 17
he moved to Paris to pursue this interest. He
spent several years there, taking jobs with designers
Jean Desses and Guy Laroche. He moved to Rome
in the beginning of the 1960s and started his
own fashion house, Valentino. His first show,
in 1962, was a success, and Valentino was welcomed
into the fashion world. In 1967, he premiered
the Valentino White Collection, which became famous
for the "V" logo he designed. He designed
the white dress that Jacqueline Kennedy wore to
her wedding with Aristotle Onassis. He currently
designs menswear and womenswear and has his own
perfume line. In 1990, he cofounded the L.I.F.E.
Association with Giancarlo Giammetti, a program
for the support of AIDS victims. He is now 72
years old, still designing, and living in Rome.
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