Valentino is a fashion house created by Valentino Garavani , a famous fashion designer born on May 11, 1932, in the town of Voghera , Italy. He became interested in fashion while in high school, and at age 17 he moved to Paris to pursue this interest. He spent several years there, taking jobs with designers Jean Desses and Guy Laroche . He moved to Rome in the beginning of the 1960s and started his own fashion house, Valentino. His first show, in 1962, was a success, and Valentino was welcomed into the fashion world. In 1967, he premiered the Valentino White Collection, which became famous for the "V" logo he designed. He designed the white dress that Jacqueline Kennedy wore to her wedding with Aristotle Onassis. He currently designs menswear and womenswear and has his own perfume line. In 1990, he cofounded the L.I.F.E. Association with Giancarlo Giammetti , a program for the support of AIDS victims. He is now 72 years old, still designing, and living in Rome.

Valentino is also a 1997 album by Canadian rock band Weeping Tile; for more information, see Valentino (album) .