Fashion designer’s death has brought the red dress – and his distinctive shade of the colour – back into the spotlight
“The red dress,” said Valentino Garavani in 1992, “is always magnificent”.
This week, after the announcement of his death at the age of 93, the red dress – and the distinctive shade of red long associated with the designer known simply as Valentino – is back in the spotlight.
In tribute, the cover of Vogue Italia’s February issue – out this month – will be a take on Valentino red, while Donatella Versace wore a bright red suit when she went to pay tribute to her fellow designer, as he lay in state in Rome on Thursday.
While most of the mourners at his funeral on Friday – including the actor Anne Hathaway, and fashion’s Anna Wintour, Donatella Versace and Tom Ford – were dressed in black, Damian Hurley, the son of the actor Elizabeth Hurley, accessorised with a bright red scarf.
