From our archives, an interview with Italian designer Valentino Garavani , conducted in 1991. Today, the inventor of the iconic Valentino Red has passed away, leaving fashion a legacy of eternal elegance, made of grace, discipline and poetry. L'OFFICIEL pays homage to the Last Emperor of Fashion.

The Maison Valentino is a truly beautiful house, one that transcends time and fashion. A fabulous recap of a man, Valentino Garavani, who taught the world what elegance is and who, today, in passing the baton, continues to do so.

Master of Italian elegance and storyteller of universal beauty, Valentino Garavani passed away at 93, leaving the world a legacy of timeless grace.