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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 99 (from laksa059)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa099.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.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures","crawl_time":1774905246,"first_indexed_time":1768851397,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,theguardian!www,\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures s443","src_root_hash":"4161074618625082499","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Valentino: his life and career in pictures | Fashion | The Guardian","meta_descriptions":["A look at some of the Italian fashion designer’s greatest moments, after his death at the age of 93"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"As stars wear black at Valentino’s funeral, tributes are dressed in red","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/sb.scorecardresearch.com\/p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&cs_ucfr=0&comscorekw=fashion)\n\n[Skip to main content](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#maincontent)[Skip to navigation](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#navigation)\n\nClose dialogue\n\n1\/20\n\nNext image\n\nPrevious image\n\nToggle caption\n\n[Skip to navigation](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#navigation)\n\n[Print subscriptions](https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/subscribe?REFPVID=mndora2ovrg51643ww24&INTCMP=undefined&acquisitionData=%7B%22source%22%3A%22GUARDIAN_WEB%22%2C%22componentId%22%3A%22PrintSubscriptionsHeaderLink%22%2C%22componentType%22%3A%22ACQUISITIONS_HEADER%22%2C%22referrerPageviewId%22%3A%22mndora2ovrg51643ww24%22%2C%22referrerUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffashion%2Fgallery%2F2026%2Fjan%2F19%2Fvalentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures%22%7D)\n\n[Search jobs](https:\/\/jobs.theguardian.com\/)\n\n[Sign in](https:\/\/profile.theguardian.com\/signin?INTCMP=DOTCOM_NEWHEADER_SIGNIN&ABCMP=ab-sign-in&componentEventParams=componentType%3Didentityauthentication%26componentId%3Dguardian_signin_header)\n\nUK\n\n- [UK edition](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/preference\/edition\/uk)\n- [US edition](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/preference\/edition\/us)\n- [Australia edition](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/preference\/edition\/au)\n- [Europe edition](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/preference\/edition\/eur)\n- [International edition](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/preference\/edition\/int)\n\n[The Guardian - 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Photograph: Pier Paolo Cito\/Associated Press\n\n[Helen Seamons](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/helenseamons)\n\nMon 19 Jan 2026 19.13 GMT\n\nLast modified on Mon 19 Jan 2026 19.40 GMT\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url>)\n\n![A young Valentino Garavani looking over his shoulder](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b448b551a9a99082f09f8de253a916cfaf73afea\/0_0_3664_4867\/master\/3664.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-2)\n\nA young Valentino Garavani in London in the early 1960s\n\nPhotograph: Anthony Wallace\/ANL\/Shutterstock\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-2>)\n\n![Valentino sits in a long room lined with empty chairs](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3973204f0fa4464d9633c8c7c95ceb4c90974df2\/0_0_5178_3440\/master\/5178.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-3)\n\nValentino at one of the salon venues for one of his shows\n\nPhotograph: Chris Barham\/ANL\/Shutterstock\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-3>)\n\n![Jacqueline Kennedy in a white dress smiling with Aristotle Onassis as a reporter holds up a microphone](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab50fb41324ee5ff568edac79d5949fc110b7461\/0_0_2764_4632\/master\/2764.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-4)\n\nJacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968 wearing a Valentino gown. She first met Valentino in New York in 1964 and for several years after wore Valentino almost exclusively\n\nPhotograph: Bettmann\/Bettmann Archive\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-4>)\n\n![A flight attendant stands beside a TWA plane with her hands in the air](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2433c7bbcd6296d92752b0f3766e841b7f17ef73\/0_0_3744_4929\/master\/3744.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-5)\n\nA flight attendant presents the new Trans World Airlines uniform created by Valentino in 1971. The airline attracted the world’s most sought-after designers including Pierre Balmain and Ralph Lauren\n\nPhotograph: AFP\/Getty Images\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-5>)\n\n![Valentino walks with Princess Margaret down some stairs](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/56d916f4bae67a52616ba1bb19f9a067e407c1c5\/0_0_2068_3328\/master\/2068.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-6)\n\nValentino with Princess Margaret at his show and charity dinner at the Savoy in aid of the Royal Ballet, London 1974\n\nPhotograph: Chris Barham\/Daily Mail\/Shutterstock\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-6>)\n\n![Valentino stands with his two pugs on the floor by his feet](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/de54af7d6d5f0a81c76f75c5d69c74c165522f3c\/0_0_4962_7675\/master\/4962.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-7)\n\nThe designer and his two pugs in 1992\n\nPhotograph: Penske Media\/Getty Images\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-7>)\n\n![Valentino, standing, puts his hands on the shoulders of fellow designer Giorgio Armani, who is sitting down](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cbfd33272f71be2f36902fa407e03a8d5311f5ad\/1642_466_2258_2824\/master\/2258.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-8)\n\nWith his friend and fellow designer Giorgio Armani at a party for the opening of three new Valentino boutiques in Rome in 1995\n\nPhotograph: Franco Origlia\/Getty Images\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-8>)\n\n![Valentino with his arms around the waists of supermodels Naomi Campbell and Elle MacPherson](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7231b7528d0b1e3ce1014a50b547c8b23347afd2\/0_0_2707_4000\/master\/2707.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-9)\n\nWith supermodels Naomi Campbell and Elle MacPherson at the opening of the new Valentino shop in Via Condotti, Rome, in 1995.\n\nPhotograph: colaimages\/Alamy\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-9>)\n\n![Julia Roberts wearing a black Valentino gown and holding an Oscar](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bf8df3e90cbddd5bb3b471ac6927bbffba5917fd\/0_0_1372_2000\/master\/1372.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-10)\n\nValentino designed many of the Academy Awards’ most iconic gowns, from Jennifer Lopez’s mint green, one-shoulder caftan based on a Valentino gown owned by Jackie O, to perhaps his most memorable, that which Julia Roberts wore when she won the best actress Oscar for Erin Brockovichin 2001\n\nPhotograph: Stewart Cook\/Shutterstock\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-10>)\n\n![Valentino sits at a table in a restaurant with his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c09c2e2752069d750823376d50898738bb883cd4\/0_0_4031_3386\/master\/4031.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-11)\n\nValentino with his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti at San Lorenzo restaurant in London in 2004\n\nPhotograph: Karen Robinson\/The Observer\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-11>)\n\n![Valentino stands in front of a group of models who are applauding him](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/33c8a1fee020eecc9b832dc5ee1735b461076155\/0_0_3184_2300\/master\/3184.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-12)\n\nTaking a bow at his last ready-to-wear show in Paris, in October 2007\n\nPhotograph: Remy de la Mauvinière\/AP\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-12>)\n\n![Valentino waves from the stage surrounded by models all wearing red dresses](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8ffeb105f12b1afc53a7c36599357c74245f6b79\/0_171_3376_2026\/master\/3376.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-13)\n\nValentino [retired](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2007\/sep\/05\/fashion.italy?CMP=gu_com) from his namesake label after 45 years in fashion in January 2008 with a final haute couture show at the Pompidou Centre in Paris\n\nPhotograph: Sipa Press\/Rex Features\n\n[Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-13>)\n\n![Valentino stands looking at the camera with his friend and contemporary Karl Lagerfeld.](https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/72f60af16bc2e56d83f6e6262eaad85686461708\/0_0_1845_2336\/master\/1845.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)\n\n[View image in fullscreen](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/gallery\/2026\/jan\/19\/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-14)\n\nValentino receiving the Grand Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in 2008. 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Photograph: Pier Paolo Cito/Associated Press [Helen Seamons](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/helenseamons) Mon 19 Jan 2026 19.13 GMT Last modified on Mon 19 Jan 2026 19.40 GMT [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url>) ![A young Valentino Garavani looking over his shoulder](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b448b551a9a99082f09f8de253a916cfaf73afea/0_0_3664_4867/master/3664.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-2) A young Valentino Garavani in London in the early 1960s Photograph: Anthony Wallace/ANL/Shutterstock [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-2>) ![Valentino sits in a long room lined with empty chairs](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3973204f0fa4464d9633c8c7c95ceb4c90974df2/0_0_5178_3440/master/5178.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-3) Valentino at one of the salon venues for one of his shows Photograph: Chris Barham/ANL/Shutterstock [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-3>) ![Jacqueline Kennedy in a white dress smiling with Aristotle Onassis as a reporter holds up a microphone](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ab50fb41324ee5ff568edac79d5949fc110b7461/0_0_2764_4632/master/2764.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-4) Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968 wearing a Valentino gown. She first met Valentino in New York in 1964 and for several years after wore Valentino almost exclusively Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-4>) ![A flight attendant stands beside a TWA plane with her hands in the air](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2433c7bbcd6296d92752b0f3766e841b7f17ef73/0_0_3744_4929/master/3744.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-5) A flight attendant presents the new Trans World Airlines uniform created by Valentino in 1971. The airline attracted the world’s most sought-after designers including Pierre Balmain and Ralph Lauren Photograph: AFP/Getty Images [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-5>) ![Valentino walks with Princess Margaret down some stairs](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/56d916f4bae67a52616ba1bb19f9a067e407c1c5/0_0_2068_3328/master/2068.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-6) Valentino with Princess Margaret at his show and charity dinner at the Savoy in aid of the Royal Ballet, London 1974 Photograph: Chris Barham/Daily Mail/Shutterstock [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-6>) ![Valentino stands with his two pugs on the floor by his feet](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/de54af7d6d5f0a81c76f75c5d69c74c165522f3c/0_0_4962_7675/master/4962.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-7) The designer and his two pugs in 1992 Photograph: Penske Media/Getty Images [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-7>) ![Valentino, standing, puts his hands on the shoulders of fellow designer Giorgio Armani, who is sitting down](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cbfd33272f71be2f36902fa407e03a8d5311f5ad/1642_466_2258_2824/master/2258.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-8) With his friend and fellow designer Giorgio Armani at a party for the opening of three new Valentino boutiques in Rome in 1995 Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-8>) ![Valentino with his arms around the waists of supermodels Naomi Campbell and Elle MacPherson](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7231b7528d0b1e3ce1014a50b547c8b23347afd2/0_0_2707_4000/master/2707.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-9) With supermodels Naomi Campbell and Elle MacPherson at the opening of the new Valentino shop in Via Condotti, Rome, in 1995. Photograph: colaimages/Alamy [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-9>) ![Julia Roberts wearing a black Valentino gown and holding an Oscar](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bf8df3e90cbddd5bb3b471ac6927bbffba5917fd/0_0_1372_2000/master/1372.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-10) Valentino designed many of the Academy Awards’ most iconic gowns, from Jennifer Lopez’s mint green, one-shoulder caftan based on a Valentino gown owned by Jackie O, to perhaps his most memorable, that which Julia Roberts wore when she won the best actress Oscar for Erin Brockovichin 2001 Photograph: Stewart Cook/Shutterstock [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-10>) ![Valentino sits at a table in a restaurant with his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c09c2e2752069d750823376d50898738bb883cd4/0_0_4031_3386/master/4031.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-11) Valentino with his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti at San Lorenzo restaurant in London in 2004 Photograph: Karen Robinson/The Observer [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-11>) ![Valentino stands in front of a group of models who are applauding him](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/33c8a1fee020eecc9b832dc5ee1735b461076155/0_0_3184_2300/master/3184.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-12) Taking a bow at his last ready-to-wear show in Paris, in October 2007 Photograph: Remy de la Mauvinière/AP [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-12>) ![Valentino waves from the stage surrounded by models all wearing red dresses](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8ffeb105f12b1afc53a7c36599357c74245f6b79/0_171_3376_2026/master/3376.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-13) Valentino [retired](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/05/fashion.italy?CMP=gu_com) from his namesake label after 45 years in fashion in January 2008 with a final haute couture show at the Pompidou Centre in Paris Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-13>) ![Valentino stands looking at the camera with his friend and contemporary Karl Lagerfeld.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/72f60af16bc2e56d83f6e6262eaad85686461708/0_0_1845_2336/master/1845.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-14) Valentino receiving the Grand Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in 2008. He was presented with the city’s top honour the day after his retirement. The ceremony at Paris City Hall was attended by Valentino’s friend and contemporary Karl Lagerfeld, right Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-14>) ![Valentino in a white jacket with his arm around Anne Hathaway, who is wearing a white dress](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/24dd090a7527fc48e9c0368bb4d968bebc7128d9/0_0_2000_3000/master/2000.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-15) Accompanying Anne Hathaway to the White Fairy Tale Love Ball at his Château de Wideville in 2008. The pair became good friends after Valentino’s cameo in The Devil Wears Prada and he designed Hathaway’s wedding dress Photograph: WENN Rights Ltd/Alamy [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-15>) ![Valentino stands next to a sculture of a face surrounded by models in red dresses and four pugs](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/be1ca0ce9201fd2c871b2fb6ca5fa0f3c8c183d2/0_0_2362_1906/master/2362.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-16) A scene from Valentino: The Last Emperor, a documentary directed by Matt Tyrnauer that follows Valentino during the last two years of his time as designer at the house Photograph: MARKA/Alamy [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-16>) ![Valentino sits on a sofa in a hotel with Claire Danes, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Anne Hathaway](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/950cee50f79d919ed49b026f76c2d24154af2e9d/0_220_3472_2083/master/3472.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-17) Valentino with Claire Danes, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Anne Hathaway at the Valentino: The Last Emperor film premiere afterparty at the Plaza Hotel in New York in 2009 Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-17>) ![Valentino stands with his arm around Sarah Jessica Parker on a red carpet and in front of a fountain](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28579120dd4f1f24beb4f1bf51a88d7962608775/0_0_2832_4256/master/2832.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-18) Sarah Jessica Parker asked Valentino to design [costumes](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2012/10/valentino-costumes-new-york-city-ballet) for the New York City Ballet fall gala in 2012 Photograph: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/WireImage [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-18>) ![Valentino in black tie with Giancarlo Giammetti and Sophia Loren](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6a484ec2595cd155d8f94a969adafd225e591c50/0_0_3333_5000/master/3333.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-19) With Giammetti and Sophia Loren – wearing Valentino – at the Green Carpet fashion awards afterparty at Palazzo Marino in Milan, 2019 Photograph: David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Eco-Age Ltd [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-19>) ![Valentino walks the catwalk with his models after a fashion show in Paris in 1991](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ad5df5822b092492a6b885a8e10bce5c59b4410b/0_0_3000_2006/master/3000.jpg?width=375&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures#img-20) Valentino walking the catwalk with his models after a fashion show in Paris in 1991 Photograph: Remy de la Mauvinière/AP [Share](<mailto:?subject=Valentino: his life and career in pictures &body=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/jan/19/valentino-his-life-and-career-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-20>) Explore more on these topics - 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