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Calculated Shard: 51 (from laksa120)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa051.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/style/valentino-funeral\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/style/valentino-funeral\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/valentino-funeral","crawl_time":1773660798,"first_indexed_time":1769170564,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,cnn!www,\/style\/valentino-funeral s443","src_root_hash":"2312100192101524051","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Valentino funeral: Anne Hathaway and Anna Wintour and other luminaries come out to say goodbye to the ‘The Last Emperor’ of Italian fashion | CNN","meta_descriptions":["Peers, supporters, successors and admirers of the late Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani paid their respects today in Rome at the couturier’s funeral."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Rome, Italy\n — \nPeers, supporters, successors and admirers of the late Italian fashion designer\nValentino Garavani\npaid their respects today in Rome at the late couturier’s funeral.\nSince Wednesday, Valentino (who often went by his first name) has been lying in state at PM23, the arts and culture exhibition space opened by Fondazione Valentino Garavani in 2025. There, amongst white-washed walls and under an opulent chandelier of white flowers, Valentino’s coffin lay. Today, it has been transported to the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri — a church designed by Michelangelo in the 16th century — for the ceremony in central Rome.\nWhile open to the public, the funeral guest list also included industry luminaries, as well as high-profile women — such as Anne Hathaway and Olivia Palermo — who regularly wore Valentino’s designs on the red carpet. Alessandro Michele, the current creative director at Valentino, arrived in dark blacked-out shades, while Donatella Versace wore a tight-fitting black dress with sculptural sleeves.\nPierpaolo Piccioli, who was the designer of the namesake brand after Valentino retired in 2008 until 2024, made his way into the church alongside François-Henri Pinault — the chairman of the board of directors at Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and more.\nAd Feedback\nAlso spotted was Fendi designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director at Dior who also served a stint at Valentino. American designer Tom Ford, longtime British fashion journalist Suzy Menkes and Anna Wintour were also in attendance — the latter arriving in a fur stole and her signature layers of candy-colored jewel necklaces. Even the Carabinieri police capes worn by the guards were designed by Armani.\nIt was fitting for a figure who had such a striking vision of glamour. Valentino’s gowns were flamboyant, sophisticated, flattering and feminine — therefore beloved by actresses stepping out onto the red carpet. Jessica Lange, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett were all awarded their respective Oscars while wearing a Valentino dress, making the Italian label an unofficial good luck charm. “I know what women want,” he once\ntold a reporter.\n“They want to be beautiful.” With his death, the fashion industry loses one of the last bastions of a different time: where a good outfit was simply defined by how gorgeous it was. In a 2008 documentary of his career, Valentino responded to the question of who could replace him. He answered in Italian: “After me, the flood.”\nEarly in the morning of the funeral, a steady stream of white flower wreaths were carried inside the basilica. Members of the public queued outside the church, some were dressed in red or carrying red bags, purses, scarves — a homage to the designer’s signature scarlet shade. 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There, amongst white-washed walls and under an opulent chandelier of white flowers, Valentino’s coffin lay. Today, it has been transported to the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri — a church designed by Michelangelo in the 16th century — for the ceremony in central Rome.\n\n![Pallbearers carry the coffin of Valentino Gavarani to enter the Basilic of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri for the funeral ceremony.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2257160810.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nPallbearers carry the coffin of Valentino Gavarani to enter the Basilic of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri for the funeral ceremony.\n\nStefano Rellandini\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\n![Giancarlo Giammetti, the co-founder of Valentino and long-time partner of the designer, arrives for the funeral ceremony.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-01-23t103130z-1476174739-rc2y6jawwyhc-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nGiancarlo Giammetti, the co-founder of Valentino and long-time partner of the designer, arrives for the funeral ceremony.\n\nYara Nardi\/Reuters\n\nWhile open to the public, the funeral guest list also included industry luminaries, as well as high-profile women — such as Anne Hathaway and Olivia Palermo — who regularly wore Valentino’s designs on the red carpet. Alessandro Michele, the current creative director at Valentino, arrived in dark blacked-out shades, while Donatella Versace wore a tight-fitting black dress with sculptural sleeves.Pierpaolo Piccioli, who was the designer of the namesake brand after Valentino retired in 2008 until 2024, made his way into the church alongside François-Henri Pinault — the chairman of the board of directors at Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and more.\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAlso spotted was Fendi designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director at Dior who also served a stint at Valentino. American designer Tom Ford, longtime British fashion journalist Suzy Menkes and Anna Wintour were also in attendance — the latter arriving in a fur stole and her signature layers of candy-colored jewel necklaces. Even the Carabinieri police capes worn by the guards were designed by Armani.\n\n![Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/15-gettyimages-954274192.jpg?q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nValentino Garavani's life in pictures\n\n22 photos\n\nItalian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.\n\nPAT\/ARNAL\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\nValentino Garavani's life in pictures\n\n![Valentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/02-ap17311035244350.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n\\-1 \/ 22\n\nValentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York.\n\nEvan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\n\n![Valentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-gettyimages-1160299020.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n0 \/ 22\n\nValentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019.\n\nEdward Berthelot\/GC Images\/Getty Images\n\n![Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/15-gettyimages-954274192.jpg?q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n1 \/ 22\n\nItalian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.\n\nPAT\/ARNAL\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/23-h-3-00096915.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n2 \/ 22\n\nValentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959.\n\nArchivio\/A3\/contrasto\/Redux\n\n![Valentino puts make up on a model in his first atelier in Rome in 1959.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/22-gettyimages-496429374.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n3 \/ 22\n\nValentino puts make up on a model in his first atelier in Rome in 1959.\n\nReporters Associati & Archivi\/Mondadori Portfolio\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino leans against a sofa in his Rome apartment in 1974.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/21-gettyimages-918293586.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n4 \/ 22\n\nValentino leans against a sofa in his Rome apartment in 1974.\n\nHorst P. Horst\/Conde Nast\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino and former first lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis attend a benefit for the 1976 Special Olympics.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/20-gettyimages-514788627.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n5 \/ 22\n\nValentino and former first lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis attend a benefit for the 1976 Special Olympics.\n\nPL Gould\/Images Press\/Getty Images\n\n![Ira de Furstenberg works with Valentino in his perfume lab in 1978.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/19-gettyimages-1059546340.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n6 \/ 22\n\nIra de Furstenberg works with Valentino in his perfume lab in 1978.\n\nAlain Dejean\/Sygma\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino attends a celebration of his career in Rome in 1991. Early on, he became known for his red dresses, in a rich scarlet shade that became his signature color to the extent that it was known within the industry as “Valentino red.”](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/18-gettyimages-850704188.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n7 \/ 22\n\nValentino attends a celebration of his career in Rome in 1991. Early on, he became known for his red dresses, in a rich scarlet shade that became his signature color to the extent that it was known within the industry as “Valentino red.”\n\nGianni Giansanti\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino Garavani poses with a model in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1993.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/17-gettyimages-850704212.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n8 \/ 22\n\nValentino Garavani poses with a model in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1993.\n\nGianni Giansanti\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino is seen with a model in Los Angeles in 1998.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/14-gettyimages-850704036.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n9 \/ 22\n\nValentino is seen with a model in Los Angeles in 1998.\n\nGianni Giansanti\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino works in his office in Rome in 2000.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/13-gettyimages-850703968.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n10 \/ 22\n\nValentino works in his office in Rome in 2000.\n\nGianni Giansanti\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino presents a collection at a show in Paris in 2004.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/12-gettyimages-115117786.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n11 \/ 22\n\nValentino presents a collection at a show in Paris in 2004.\n\nPool Benainous\/Rossi\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino walks past a bronze statue of Roman Emperor Constantine before the start of a 2007 press conference in Rome.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/11-ap07061302992.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n12 \/ 22\n\nValentino walks past a bronze statue of Roman Emperor Constantine before the start of a 2007 press conference in Rome.\n\nGregorio Borgia\/AP\n\n![Valentino poses at an exhibition of his best creations at the Ara Pacis museum in 2007. It was part of the fashion designer's 45th anniversary celebrations in Rome. He announced in 2007 that he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/10-ap070706051672.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n13 \/ 22\n\nValentino poses at an exhibition of his best creations at the Ara Pacis museum in 2007. It was part of the fashion designer's 45th anniversary celebrations in Rome. He announced in 2007 that he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house.\n\nPier Paolo Cito\/AP\n\n![Valentino adjusts his tie during a photo call to present the documentary film \"Valentino: The Last Emperor\" in Rome in 2009.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/09-ap091116016576.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n14 \/ 22\n\nValentino adjusts his tie during a photo call to present the documentary film \"Valentino: The Last Emperor\" in Rome in 2009.\n\nAlessandra Tarantino\/AP\n\n![Actor Anne Hathaway and Valentino at the Academy Awards in 2011. Hathaway wore a couture gown from the fashion house's Fall 2002 collection and arrived with the designer for the red carpet.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-109478987.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n15 \/ 22\n\nActor Anne Hathaway and Valentino at the Academy Awards in 2011. Hathaway wore a couture gown from the fashion house's Fall 2002 collection and arrived with the designer for the red carpet.\n\nJohn Shearer\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino poses for a portrait at Somerset House in London.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/07-h-8-01242383.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n16 \/ 22\n\nValentino poses for a portrait at Somerset House in London.\n\nEvening Standard\/eyevine\/Redux\n\n![From left: Bravo's Andy Cohen, actor Sarah Jessica Parker, mogul Barry Diller and Valentino talk at a 2012 Diane von Furstenberg show in New York.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/06-h-14269977.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n17 \/ 22\n\nFrom left: Bravo's Andy Cohen, actor Sarah Jessica Parker, mogul Barry Diller and Valentino talk at a 2012 Diane von Furstenberg show in New York.\n\nElizabeth Lippman\/The New York Times\/Redux\n\n![Valentino adjusts a dress he designed for the \"La Traviata\" opera at the production's set design studio in Rome in 2016.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/05-h-14825186.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n18 \/ 22\n\nValentino adjusts a dress he designed for the \"La Traviata\" opera at the production's set design studio in Rome in 2016.\n\nChris Warde-Jones\/The New York Times\/Redux\n\n![The model Naomi Campbell and Valentino attend a memorial mass for Franca Sozzani in Italy in 2017. Milan and the rest of the fashion world paid tribute to Sozzani, the longtime editor of Italian Vogue.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/04-h-14935178.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n19 \/ 22\n\nThe model Naomi Campbell and Valentino attend a memorial mass for Franca Sozzani in Italy in 2017. Milan and the rest of the fashion world paid tribute to Sozzani, the longtime editor of Italian Vogue.\n\nAlessandro Grassani\/The New York Times\/Redux\n\n![Valentino attends a lunch in 2017 in honor of Sofia Coppola at his country retreat, Château de Wideville, outside Paris. The post-couture-week lunch for Coppola honored her recent best director prize at Cannes.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/03-h-14981940.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n20 \/ 22\n\nValentino attends a lunch in 2017 in honor of Sofia Coppola at his country retreat, Château de Wideville, outside Paris. The post-couture-week lunch for Coppola honored her recent best director prize at Cannes.\n\nDmitry Kostyukov\/The New York Times\/Redux\n\n![Valentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/02-ap17311035244350.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n21 \/ 22\n\nValentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York.\n\nEvan Agostini\/Invision\/AP\n\n![Valentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-gettyimages-1160299020.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n22 \/ 22\n\nValentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019.\n\nEdward Berthelot\/GC Images\/Getty Images\n\n![Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/15-gettyimages-954274192.jpg?q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n23 \/ 22\n\nItalian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.\n\nPAT\/ARNAL\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/23-h-3-00096915.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill)\n\n24 \/ 22\n\nValentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959.\n\nArchivio\/A3\/contrasto\/Redux\n\nPrev\n\nNext\n##### Valentino Garavani's life in pictures\n\nIt was fitting for a figure who had such a striking vision of glamour. Valentino’s gowns were flamboyant, sophisticated, flattering and feminine — therefore beloved by actresses stepping out onto the red carpet. Jessica Lange, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett were all awarded their respective Oscars while wearing a Valentino dress, making the Italian label an unofficial good luck charm. “I know what women want,” he once [told a reporter.](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xsBhANYsdRo) “They want to be beautiful.” With his death, the fashion industry loses one of the last bastions of a different time: where a good outfit was simply defined by how gorgeous it was. In a 2008 documentary of his career, Valentino responded to the question of who could replace him. He answered in Italian: “After me, the flood.”\n\nEarly in the morning of the funeral, a steady stream of white flower wreaths were carried inside the basilica. Members of the public queued outside the church, some were dressed in red or carrying red bags, purses, scarves — a homage to the designer’s signature scarlet shade. One fan outside the church waved a glittering black poster to the camera: “Goodbye Valentino,” it read. “The last emperor of fashion.”\n\n![Anna Wintour arrived to Valentino's funeral in a fur stole and layers of jewel necklaces.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2257143035.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nAnna Wintour arrived to Valentino's funeral in a fur stole and layers of jewel necklaces.\n\nStefano Rellandini\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\n![Valentino's current creative director, Alessandro Michele.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2257139743.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nValentino's current creative director, Alessandro Michele.\n\nStefano Rellandini\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\n![Donatella Versace.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-01-23t095656z-743875995-rc2x6jaywfdw-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nDonatella Versace.\n\nYara Nardi\/Reuters\n\n![Anne Hathaway, who regularly wore Valentino on the red carpet, arrived at the funeral ceremony for the late Italian fashion designer.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2257136844.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nAnne Hathaway, who regularly wore Valentino on the red carpet, arrived at the funeral ceremony for the late Italian fashion designer.\n\nStefano Rellandini\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\n![American fashion designer Tom Ford.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2257145384.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nAmerican fashion designer Tom Ford.\n\nStefano Rellandini\/AFP\/Getty Images\n\n![Italian fashion designer, Anna Fendi, who with her sisters Paola, Franca, Carla and Alda transformed Fendi into the global luxury brand it is today.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-01-23t094922z-127676175-rc2x6jagk6ek-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nItalian fashion designer, Anna Fendi, who with her sisters Paola, Franca, Carla and Alda transformed Fendi into the global luxury brand it is today.\n\nYara Nardi\/Reuters\n\n![Actor Liz Hurley and her son Damian Hurley, wearing a scarlet red scarf in honour of Valentino's signature hue.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-01-23t090829z-1748334671-rc2x6ja44jif-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nActor Liz Hurley and her son Damian Hurley, wearing a scarlet red scarf in honour of Valentino's signature hue.\n\nYara Nardi\/Reuters\n\n![A portrait of the late designer at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/cerimonia-v-sele087.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill)\n\nA portrait of the late designer at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.\n\nLuca Dammicco\n\nFashion and beauty\n\nMedia\n\n[See all topics](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow)\n\nFacebook\n\nTweet\n\n[Email](mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fstyle%2Fvalentino-funeral \"Share with email\")\n\nLink\n\nThreads\n\nLink Copied\\!\n\nAd Feedback\n\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/valentino-funeral)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\n[Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)   [Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/watch)\n***\n- [US](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us)\n  - 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There, amongst white-washed walls and under an opulent chandelier of white flowers, Valentino’s coffin lay. Today, it has been transported to the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri — a church designed by Michelangelo in the 16th century — for the ceremony in central Rome.\n\nWhile open to the public, the funeral guest list also included industry luminaries, as well as high-profile women — such as Anne Hathaway and Olivia Palermo — who regularly wore Valentino’s designs on the red carpet. Alessandro Michele, the current creative director at Valentino, arrived in dark blacked-out shades, while Donatella Versace wore a tight-fitting black dress with sculptural sleeves.Pierpaolo Piccioli, who was the designer of the namesake brand after Valentino retired in 2008 until 2024, made his way into the church alongside François-Henri Pinault — the chairman of the board of directors at Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and more.\n\nAd Feedback\n\nAlso spotted was Fendi designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director at Dior who also served a stint at Valentino. American designer Tom Ford, longtime British fashion journalist Suzy Menkes and Anna Wintour were also in attendance — the latter arriving in a fur stole and her signature layers of candy-colored jewel necklaces. Even the Carabinieri police capes worn by the guards were designed by Armani.\n\nIt was fitting for a figure who had such a striking vision of glamour. Valentino’s gowns were flamboyant, sophisticated, flattering and feminine — therefore beloved by actresses stepping out onto the red carpet. Jessica Lange, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett were all awarded their respective Oscars while wearing a Valentino dress, making the Italian label an unofficial good luck charm. “I know what women want,” he once [told a reporter.](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xsBhANYsdRo) “They want to be beautiful.” With his death, the fashion industry loses one of the last bastions of a different time: where a good outfit was simply defined by how gorgeous it was. In a 2008 documentary of his career, Valentino responded to the question of who could replace him. He answered in Italian: “After me, the flood.”\n\nEarly in the morning of the funeral, a steady stream of white flower wreaths were carried inside the basilica. 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Boilerpipe Text	Rome, Italy — Peers, supporters, successors and admirers of the late Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani paid their respects today in Rome at the late couturier’s funeral. Since Wednesday, Valentino (who often went by his first name) has been lying in state at PM23, the arts and culture exhibition space opened by Fondazione Valentino Garavani in 2025. There, amongst white-washed walls and under an opulent chandelier of white flowers, Valentino’s coffin lay. Today, it has been transported to the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri — a church designed by Michelangelo in the 16th century — for the ceremony in central Rome. While open to the public, the funeral guest list also included industry luminaries, as well as high-profile women — such as Anne Hathaway and Olivia Palermo — who regularly wore Valentino’s designs on the red carpet. Alessandro Michele, the current creative director at Valentino, arrived in dark blacked-out shades, while Donatella Versace wore a tight-fitting black dress with sculptural sleeves. Pierpaolo Piccioli, who was the designer of the namesake brand after Valentino retired in 2008 until 2024, made his way into the church alongside François-Henri Pinault — the chairman of the board of directors at Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and more. Ad Feedback Also spotted was Fendi designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director at Dior who also served a stint at Valentino. American designer Tom Ford, longtime British fashion journalist Suzy Menkes and Anna Wintour were also in attendance — the latter arriving in a fur stole and her signature layers of candy-colored jewel necklaces. Even the Carabinieri police capes worn by the guards were designed by Armani. It was fitting for a figure who had such a striking vision of glamour. Valentino’s gowns were flamboyant, sophisticated, flattering and feminine — therefore beloved by actresses stepping out onto the red carpet. Jessica Lange, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett were all awarded their respective Oscars while wearing a Valentino dress, making the Italian label an unofficial good luck charm. “I know what women want,” he once told a reporter. “They want to be beautiful.” With his death, the fashion industry loses one of the last bastions of a different time: where a good outfit was simply defined by how gorgeous it was. In a 2008 documentary of his career, Valentino responded to the question of who could replace him. He answered in Italian: “After me, the flood.” Early in the morning of the funeral, a steady stream of white flower wreaths were carried inside the basilica. Members of the public queued outside the church, some were dressed in red or carrying red bags, purses, scarves — a homage to the designer’s signature scarlet shade. One fan outside the church waved a glittering black poster to the camera: “Goodbye Valentino,” it read. “The last emperor of fashion.” Ad Feedback Scan the QR code to download the CNN app on Google Play. Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.
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Yara Nardi/Reuters Fashion and beauty Media [See all topics](https://www.cnn.com/follow) Facebook Tweet [Email](mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fstyle%2Fvalentino-funeral "Share with email") Link Threads Link Copied\! Rome, Italy — Peers, supporters, successors and admirers of the late Italian fashion designer [Valentino Garavani](https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/style/valentino-fashion-designer-dead) paid their respects today in Rome at the late couturier’s funeral. Since Wednesday, Valentino (who often went by his first name) has been lying in state at PM23, the arts and culture exhibition space opened by Fondazione Valentino Garavani in 2025. There, amongst white-washed walls and under an opulent chandelier of white flowers, Valentino’s coffin lay. Today, it has been transported to the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri — a church designed by Michelangelo in the 16th century — for the ceremony in central Rome. ![Pallbearers carry the coffin of Valentino Gavarani to enter the Basilic of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri for the funeral ceremony.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2257160810.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Pallbearers carry the coffin of Valentino Gavarani to enter the Basilic of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri for the funeral ceremony. Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images ![Giancarlo Giammetti, the co-founder of Valentino and long-time partner of the designer, arrives for the funeral ceremony.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2026-01-23t103130z-1476174739-rc2y6jawwyhc-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Giancarlo Giammetti, the co-founder of Valentino and long-time partner of the designer, arrives for the funeral ceremony. Yara Nardi/Reuters While open to the public, the funeral guest list also included industry luminaries, as well as high-profile women — such as Anne Hathaway and Olivia Palermo — who regularly wore Valentino’s designs on the red carpet. Alessandro Michele, the current creative director at Valentino, arrived in dark blacked-out shades, while Donatella Versace wore a tight-fitting black dress with sculptural sleeves.Pierpaolo Piccioli, who was the designer of the namesake brand after Valentino retired in 2008 until 2024, made his way into the church alongside François-Henri Pinault — the chairman of the board of directors at Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and more. Ad Feedback Also spotted was Fendi designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director at Dior who also served a stint at Valentino. American designer Tom Ford, longtime British fashion journalist Suzy Menkes and Anna Wintour were also in attendance — the latter arriving in a fur stole and her signature layers of candy-colored jewel necklaces. Even the Carabinieri police capes worn by the guards were designed by Armani. ![Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/15-gettyimages-954274192.jpg?q=w_860,c_fill) Valentino Garavani's life in pictures 22 photos Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris. PAT/ARNAL/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Valentino Garavani's life in pictures ![Valentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/02-ap17311035244350.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) \-1 / 22 Valentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP ![Valentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/01-gettyimages-1160299020.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 0 / 22 Valentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019. Edward Berthelot/GC Images/Getty Images ![Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/15-gettyimages-954274192.jpg?q=w_1182,c_fill) 1 / 22 Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris. PAT/ARNAL/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images ![Valentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/23-h-3-00096915.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 2 / 22 Valentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959. Archivio/A3/contrasto/Redux ![Valentino puts make up on a model in his first atelier in Rome in 1959.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/22-gettyimages-496429374.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 3 / 22 Valentino puts make up on a model in his first atelier in Rome in 1959. Reporters Associati & Archivi/Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images ![Valentino leans against a sofa in his Rome apartment in 1974.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/21-gettyimages-918293586.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 4 / 22 Valentino leans against a sofa in his Rome apartment in 1974. Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast/Getty Images ![Valentino and former first lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis attend a benefit for the 1976 Special Olympics.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20-gettyimages-514788627.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 5 / 22 Valentino and former first lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis attend a benefit for the 1976 Special Olympics. PL Gould/Images Press/Getty Images ![Ira de Furstenberg works with Valentino in his perfume lab in 1978.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/19-gettyimages-1059546340.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 6 / 22 Ira de Furstenberg works with Valentino in his perfume lab in 1978. Alain Dejean/Sygma/Getty Images ![Valentino attends a celebration of his career in Rome in 1991. Early on, he became known for his red dresses, in a rich scarlet shade that became his signature color to the extent that it was known within the industry as “Valentino red.”](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/18-gettyimages-850704188.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 7 / 22 Valentino attends a celebration of his career in Rome in 1991. Early on, he became known for his red dresses, in a rich scarlet shade that became his signature color to the extent that it was known within the industry as “Valentino red.” Gianni Giansanti/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images ![Valentino Garavani poses with a model in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1993.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/17-gettyimages-850704212.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 8 / 22 Valentino Garavani poses with a model in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1993. Gianni Giansanti/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images ![Valentino is seen with a model in Los Angeles in 1998.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/14-gettyimages-850704036.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 9 / 22 Valentino is seen with a model in Los Angeles in 1998. Gianni Giansanti/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images ![Valentino works in his office in Rome in 2000.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/13-gettyimages-850703968.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 10 / 22 Valentino works in his office in Rome in 2000. Gianni Giansanti/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images ![Valentino presents a collection at a show in Paris in 2004.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/12-gettyimages-115117786.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 11 / 22 Valentino presents a collection at a show in Paris in 2004. Pool Benainous/Rossi/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images ![Valentino walks past a bronze statue of Roman Emperor Constantine before the start of a 2007 press conference in Rome.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/11-ap07061302992.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 12 / 22 Valentino walks past a bronze statue of Roman Emperor Constantine before the start of a 2007 press conference in Rome. Gregorio Borgia/AP ![Valentino poses at an exhibition of his best creations at the Ara Pacis museum in 2007. It was part of the fashion designer's 45th anniversary celebrations in Rome. He announced in 2007 that he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/10-ap070706051672.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 13 / 22 Valentino poses at an exhibition of his best creations at the Ara Pacis museum in 2007. It was part of the fashion designer's 45th anniversary celebrations in Rome. He announced in 2007 that he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house. Pier Paolo Cito/AP ![Valentino adjusts his tie during a photo call to present the documentary film "Valentino: The Last Emperor" in Rome in 2009.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/09-ap091116016576.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 14 / 22 Valentino adjusts his tie during a photo call to present the documentary film "Valentino: The Last Emperor" in Rome in 2009. Alessandra Tarantino/AP ![Actor Anne Hathaway and Valentino at the Academy Awards in 2011. Hathaway wore a couture gown from the fashion house's Fall 2002 collection and arrived with the designer for the red carpet.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-109478987.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 15 / 22 Actor Anne Hathaway and Valentino at the Academy Awards in 2011. Hathaway wore a couture gown from the fashion house's Fall 2002 collection and arrived with the designer for the red carpet. John Shearer/Getty Images ![Valentino poses for a portrait at Somerset House in London.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/07-h-8-01242383.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 16 / 22 Valentino poses for a portrait at Somerset House in London. Evening Standard/eyevine/Redux ![From left: Bravo's Andy Cohen, actor Sarah Jessica Parker, mogul Barry Diller and Valentino talk at a 2012 Diane von Furstenberg show in New York.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/06-h-14269977.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 17 / 22 From left: Bravo's Andy Cohen, actor Sarah Jessica Parker, mogul Barry Diller and Valentino talk at a 2012 Diane von Furstenberg show in New York. Elizabeth Lippman/The New York Times/Redux ![Valentino adjusts a dress he designed for the "La Traviata" opera at the production's set design studio in Rome in 2016.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/05-h-14825186.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 18 / 22 Valentino adjusts a dress he designed for the "La Traviata" opera at the production's set design studio in Rome in 2016. Chris Warde-Jones/The New York Times/Redux ![The model Naomi Campbell and Valentino attend a memorial mass for Franca Sozzani in Italy in 2017. Milan and the rest of the fashion world paid tribute to Sozzani, the longtime editor of Italian Vogue.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/04-h-14935178.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 19 / 22 The model Naomi Campbell and Valentino attend a memorial mass for Franca Sozzani in Italy in 2017. Milan and the rest of the fashion world paid tribute to Sozzani, the longtime editor of Italian Vogue. Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times/Redux ![Valentino attends a lunch in 2017 in honor of Sofia Coppola at his country retreat, Château de Wideville, outside Paris. The post-couture-week lunch for Coppola honored her recent best director prize at Cannes.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/03-h-14981940.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 20 / 22 Valentino attends a lunch in 2017 in honor of Sofia Coppola at his country retreat, Château de Wideville, outside Paris. The post-couture-week lunch for Coppola honored her recent best director prize at Cannes. Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times/Redux ![Valentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/02-ap17311035244350.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 21 / 22 Valentino arrives at the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP ![Valentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/01-gettyimages-1160299020.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 22 / 22 Valentino is seen during Paris Fashion Week in 2019. Edward Berthelot/GC Images/Getty Images ![Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/15-gettyimages-954274192.jpg?q=w_1182,c_fill) 23 / 22 Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani appears on the runway at a 1997 fashion show in Paris. PAT/ARNAL/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images ![Valentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/23-h-3-00096915.jpg?c=original&q=w_1182,c_fill) 24 / 22 Valentino works in his studio in Rome in 1959. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino — who was popularly known by his first name — learned his trade in the haute couture ateliers in Paris before founding his own line in Rome in 1959. Archivio/A3/contrasto/Redux Prev Next ##### Valentino Garavani's life in pictures It was fitting for a figure who had such a striking vision of glamour. Valentino’s gowns were flamboyant, sophisticated, flattering and feminine — therefore beloved by actresses stepping out onto the red carpet. Jessica Lange, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett were all awarded their respective Oscars while wearing a Valentino dress, making the Italian label an unofficial good luck charm. “I know what women want,” he once [told a reporter.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsBhANYsdRo) “They want to be beautiful.” With his death, the fashion industry loses one of the last bastions of a different time: where a good outfit was simply defined by how gorgeous it was. In a 2008 documentary of his career, Valentino responded to the question of who could replace him. He answered in Italian: “After me, the flood.” Early in the morning of the funeral, a steady stream of white flower wreaths were carried inside the basilica. Members of the public queued outside the church, some were dressed in red or carrying red bags, purses, scarves — a homage to the designer’s signature scarlet shade. One fan outside the church waved a glittering black poster to the camera: “Goodbye Valentino,” it read. “The last emperor of fashion.” ![Anna Wintour arrived to Valentino's funeral in a fur stole and layers of jewel necklaces.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2257143035.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Anna Wintour arrived to Valentino's funeral in a fur stole and layers of jewel necklaces. Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images ![Valentino's current creative director, Alessandro Michele.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2257139743.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Valentino's current creative director, Alessandro Michele. Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images ![Donatella Versace.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2026-01-23t095656z-743875995-rc2x6jaywfdw-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Donatella Versace. Yara Nardi/Reuters ![Anne Hathaway, who regularly wore Valentino on the red carpet, arrived at the funeral ceremony for the late Italian fashion designer.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2257136844.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Anne Hathaway, who regularly wore Valentino on the red carpet, arrived at the funeral ceremony for the late Italian fashion designer. Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images ![American fashion designer Tom Ford.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2257145384.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) American fashion designer Tom Ford. Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images ![Italian fashion designer, Anna Fendi, who with her sisters Paola, Franca, Carla and Alda transformed Fendi into the global luxury brand it is today.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2026-01-23t094922z-127676175-rc2x6jagk6ek-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Italian fashion designer, Anna Fendi, who with her sisters Paola, Franca, Carla and Alda transformed Fendi into the global luxury brand it is today. Yara Nardi/Reuters ![Actor Liz Hurley and her son Damian Hurley, wearing a scarlet red scarf in honour of Valentino's signature hue.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2026-01-23t090829z-1748334671-rc2x6ja44jif-rtrmadp-3-people-valentino-funeral.JPG?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) Actor Liz Hurley and her son Damian Hurley, wearing a scarlet red scarf in honour of Valentino's signature hue. Yara Nardi/Reuters ![A portrait of the late designer at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/cerimonia-v-sele087.jpg?c=original&q=w_860,c_fill) A portrait of the late designer at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri. Luca Dammicco Fashion and beauty Media [See all topics](https://www.cnn.com/follow) Facebook Tweet [Email](mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fstyle%2Fvalentino-funeral "Share with email") Link Threads Link Copied\! 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Readable Markdown	Rome, Italy — Peers, supporters, successors and admirers of the late Italian fashion designer [Valentino Garavani](https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/style/valentino-fashion-designer-dead) paid their respects today in Rome at the late couturier’s funeral. Since Wednesday, Valentino (who often went by his first name) has been lying in state at PM23, the arts and culture exhibition space opened by Fondazione Valentino Garavani in 2025. There, amongst white-washed walls and under an opulent chandelier of white flowers, Valentino’s coffin lay. Today, it has been transported to the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri — a church designed by Michelangelo in the 16th century — for the ceremony in central Rome. While open to the public, the funeral guest list also included industry luminaries, as well as high-profile women — such as Anne Hathaway and Olivia Palermo — who regularly wore Valentino’s designs on the red carpet. Alessandro Michele, the current creative director at Valentino, arrived in dark blacked-out shades, while Donatella Versace wore a tight-fitting black dress with sculptural sleeves.Pierpaolo Piccioli, who was the designer of the namesake brand after Valentino retired in 2008 until 2024, made his way into the church alongside François-Henri Pinault — the chairman of the board of directors at Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and more. Ad Feedback Also spotted was Fendi designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director at Dior who also served a stint at Valentino. American designer Tom Ford, longtime British fashion journalist Suzy Menkes and Anna Wintour were also in attendance — the latter arriving in a fur stole and her signature layers of candy-colored jewel necklaces. Even the Carabinieri police capes worn by the guards were designed by Armani. It was fitting for a figure who had such a striking vision of glamour. Valentino’s gowns were flamboyant, sophisticated, flattering and feminine — therefore beloved by actresses stepping out onto the red carpet. Jessica Lange, Sophia Loren, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett were all awarded their respective Oscars while wearing a Valentino dress, making the Italian label an unofficial good luck charm. “I know what women want,” he once [told a reporter.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsBhANYsdRo) “They want to be beautiful.” With his death, the fashion industry loses one of the last bastions of a different time: where a good outfit was simply defined by how gorgeous it was. In a 2008 documentary of his career, Valentino responded to the question of who could replace him. He answered in Italian: “After me, the flood.” Early in the morning of the funeral, a steady stream of white flower wreaths were carried inside the basilica. Members of the public queued outside the church, some were dressed in red or carrying red bags, purses, scarves — a homage to the designer’s signature scarlet shade. One fan outside the church waved a glittering black poster to the camera: “Goodbye Valentino,” it read. “The last emperor of fashion.” Ad Feedback Scan the QR code to download the CNN app on Google Play. Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.
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