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High Fashion Loses ‘Last Emperor'

The Wall Street Journal

January 20, 2026

Jacqueline Kennedy wore one of his creations when she wed Aristotle Onassis.

- BY CHRIS KORNELIS

Valentino Garavani, above, with the model Iman, wearing a dress in his signature Valentino Red, was the go-to designer for the rich, famous, powerful and glamorous.

GUY MARINEAU/WWD/PENSKE MEDIA/GETTY IMAGES

This story is from the January 20, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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