Valentino in Rome

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41° 54′ 20″ N, 12° 28′ 31″ E

The exhibition “Valentino a Roma” was set around the Ara Pacis and spread throughout the museum, creating an exact chronological retrospective, visible to passers-by and accentuating the ties which bind Valentino Garavani to Rome and Rome to Valentino.

Guests included Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani, Donatella Versace, Tom Ford, Diane von Fürstenberg, Carolina Herrera, Zac Posen, Manolo Blahnik, Philip Treacy, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Anna Wintour, former Persian Empress Farah Diba, Jacqueline de Ribes, Elton John, Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess Rosario of Bulgaria, Princess Firyal of Jordan, Mayor Walter Veltroni, Claudia Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Anne Hathaway, Elizabeth Hurley, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joan Collins, Sienna Miller, Michael Caine, Jennifer Hudson, and Eva Mendes among others.