Valentino Garavani

I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the…

— Valentino Garavani

My title rivals are behind me but at the moment I am not thinking about that. My target is to finish on…

— Valentino Garavani

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying…

— Valentino Garavani

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

— Valentino Garavani

I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in…

— Valentino Garavani

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

— Valentino Garavani

The sand dunes look like two tits.

— Valentino Garavani

I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.

— Valentino Garavani

Unfortunately, the greatest photographers don't pay extreme attention to the clothes. If they decide to put a dress in a bathtub or…

— Valentino Garavani

I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many…

— Valentino Garavani

Only wear clothes that make you feel alive.

— Valentino Garavani

When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about…

— Valentino Garavani

I am always locked in my design studio.

— Valentino Garavani

My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.

— Valentino Garavani

Very few designers today design - it's very important to be able to do your own sketch on paper and then explain…

— Valentino Garavani

I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

— Valentino Garavani

I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: 60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but…

— Valentino Garavani

There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.

— Valentino Garavani

I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?

— Valentino Garavani

French people are charming, adorable but not extremely generous with foreigners, but they believe in what they do. I feel proud in…

— Valentino Garavani

Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what…

— Valentino Garavani

I love my beauty. It's not my fault.

— Valentino Garavani

I like things simple.

— Valentino Garavani