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Valentino had retired in 2008.Tibor Kolley/The Globe and Mail

​Italian fashion designer Valentino ‍Garavani has died, his foundation said on Monday.

Usually known only ‍by ​his first name, Valentino was 93, and had retired in 2008.

Founder of the eponymous brand, Valentino scaled ⁠the heights of haute couture, created a business empire and introduced a new colour to the fashion world, ‌the so-called ’Valentino ‍Red’.

“Valentino Garavani passed away ‍today at his Roman residence, ‌surrounded by his ⁠loved ones,” the foundation said ​on Instagram.

The lying in state will be on Wednesday and Thursday, while the funeral will take place in Rome ​on Friday at 11 am, it added.

Valentino was ranked alongside Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld as the last of ⁠the great designers from an ⁠era before fashion became a global, highly ‌commercial industry run as much by accountants and marketing executives as the couturiers.

Lagerfeld passed away in 2019, while Armani died in September.

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