Valentino - ein Mode-Kaiser wird 80

ReutersItalian designer Valentino stands with his models and waves at the end of his final Spring/Summer 2008 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris January 23, 2008. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE)

EPAepa01137712 Italian designer Valentino walks over the catwalk and cheers the public at the end of his Spring/Summer 2008 collection presented as his last show before his retirement in January 2008, during the Paris Fashion in Paris, France, 03 October

REUTERSItalian fashion designer Valentino arrives at a party to celebrate the opening of a virtual museum dedicated to him, in New York, December 7, 2011. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT FASHION)

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epa00587952 (FILES) An undated photo showing the sketch of the ivory satin wedding dress created by Italian taylor Valentino Garavani (NOTE: Valentino prefers to be called taylor rather than styslist) for Athina Onassis Roussel, daughter of Cristina Onass

ReutersItalian designer Valentino (R) attends a ceremony with his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti where Valentino was awarded the Medal of Paris at the Hotel de Ville in the French capital, January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE)

ASSOCIATED PRESS** FILE ** Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses at an exhibition of his best creations at the Ara Pacis museum, part of the fashion designers 45th anniversary celebrations in Rome, in this Friday, July 6, 2007 file photo. Vale

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REUTERSItalian fashion designer Valentino Garavani gestures as he arrives for the West Coast premiere of the documentary "Valentino: The Last Emperor" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (U

REUTERSVeteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani acknowledges the applause at the end of his latest haute couture collection in Rome July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY)