![Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1NFAC/veteran-italian-fashion-designer-valentino-garavani-poses-under-a-gilded-bronze-equestrian-statue-of-marcus-aurelius-dating-to-the-roman-emperors-reign-during-a-news-conference-at-the-capitoline-museum-in-rome-june-13-2007-valentino-will-snub-paris-and-unveil-his-latest-haute-couture-collection-in-rome-to-mark-his-45th-year-in-the-city-where-he-got-his-start-reuterschris-helgren-italy-2D1NFAC.jpg)
Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome
![Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D295HT/veteran-italian-fashion-designer-valentino-garavani-sits-under-a-gilded-bronze-equestrian-statue-of-marcus-aurelius-dating-to-the-roman-emperors-reign-during-a-news-conference-at-the-capitoline-museum-in-rome-june-13-2007-valentino-will-snub-paris-and-unveil-his-latest-haute-couture-collection-in-rome-to-mark-his-45th-year-in-the-city-where-he-got-his-start-reuterschris-helgren-italy-2D295HT.jpg)
Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani poses under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Roman emperor's reign, during a news conference at the Capitoline museum in Rome
![Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani (C) speaks with Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni (L) and Italy's Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli, under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the Veteran Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani (C) speaks with Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni (L) and Italy's Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli, under a gilded bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius dating to the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E788XC/veteran-italian-fashion-designer-valentino-garavani-c-speaks-with-rome-mayor-walter-veltroni-l-and-italys-culture-minister-francesco-rutelli-under-a-gilded-bronze-equestrian-statue-of-marcus-aurelius-dating-to-the-roman-emperors-reign-during-a-news-conference-at-the-capitoline-museum-in-rome-june-13-2007-valentino-will-snub-paris-and-unveil-his-latest-haute-couture-collection-in-rome-to-mark-his-45th-year-in-the-city-where-he-got-his-start-reuterschris-helgren-italy-2E788XC.jpg)