Looking back at one of the most prolific journeys in fashion history.

Rome, 1960. A house is founded, and fashion would never quite be the same. Within four years, Jacqueline Kennedy - the most watched woman in the world at the time; had fallen for his clothes. The story of how it happened is the kind of detail that belongs in a film: a model, a sales representative, a few pieces from the collection, sent directly to her Fifth Avenue apartment. She ordered six haute couture dresses on the spot. It was the beginning of a relationship that would stretch across decades, right up to Valentino designing the gown she wore when she married again. If there was ever a moment that announced what this house was capable of, that was it.

By the mid-eighties, Valentino was the largest Italian fashion exporter on record, with sales north of a quarter million. Numbers that, at the time, felt almost impossible - and in many ways still do.

The new millennium brought new voices into the house. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli joined in 1999 to design accessories, rising steadily until they became co-creative directors in 2008 upon Valentino's retirement. Maria moved to Dior in 2016, and Piccioli held the helm until 2024 - carrying the house's DNA forward. Ninety-three years of living by example. A real estate portfolio that reads like a mood board for how life at its most beautiful can actually be lived. And a body of work that continues to set the standard.