![Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani acknowledges applause at the end of his latest haute couture collection, in Rome July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY Stock Photo - Alamy Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani acknowledges applause at the end of his latest haute couture collection, in Rome July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/fd50757009a04c08a7177ce4d3d37c18/2d2p2k4.jpg)
Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani acknowledges applause at the end of his latest haute couture collection, in Rome July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY Stock Photo - Alamy
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Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome
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Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar (L), winner of the third South American edition of the Dakar Rally 2011, celebrates with Volkswagen team manager Chris Niessen his victory after the thirteenth and last stage
![Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1ERAJ/veteran-italian-fashion-designer-valentino-garavani-poses-under-a-gilded-bronze-equestrian-statue-of-marcus-aurelius-dating-to-the-roman-emperors-reign-during-a-news-conference-at-the-capitoline-museum-in-rome-june-13-2007-valentino-will-snub-paris-and-unveil-his-latest-haute-couture-collection-in-rome-to-mark-his-45th-year-in-the-city-where-he-got-his-start-reuterschris-helgren-italy-2D1ERAJ.jpg)
Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome
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Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani sits under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome
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