Valentino Steps Down After 45 Years
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Italian designer Valentino, whose signature flaming red couture gowns have graced royalty, Hollywood stars and the international jet set for 45 years, announced Tuesday he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house.  In a state...
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A line of children looking like angels ended Gianfranco Ferre's menswear show on Sunday to a standing ovation, just a week after the Italian designer died at the age of 62 after a brain haemorrhage.
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Former opera diva Beverly Sills has stepped down from her volunteer job as chairwoman of New York's Metropolitan Opera, citing family and personal reasons in a statement on the opera Web site on Tuesday.
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Valentino is planning to paint the city red with festivities marking 45 years as the "numero uno" in Italian fashion.
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After 45 years as a leading designer, Valentino says goodbye to the fashion world with a haute couture fashion show in Paris. Givenchy and Jean Paul Gaultier also presented their couture shows.
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MILAN, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has quit as president of AC Milan to comply with recently-introduced conflict of interest laws.
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Seve Ballesteros officially retired from golf on Monday, ending a run filled with spectacular shots that carried him to a record 50 victories on the European Tour.
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For 60 years, Raymond Massaro has been  living and breathing fashion.
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Fighting back tears, Valentino waved goodbye to the fashion world on Wednesday with a haute couture show brimming with the glamour that made him a favorite with Hollywood stars, socialites and royalty for half a century.
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The chairman of Spain's leading energy group Repsol YPF, Alfonso Cortina, has stepped down, the company confirmed.
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Jonathan M. Tisch is giving up his post as chairman of NYC & Company, New Yorkâs tourism marketing organization.
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Fighting back tears, Valentino waved  goodbye to the fashion world on Wednesday with a haute couture  show brimming with the glamour that made him a favorite with  Hollywood stars, socialites and royalty for half a century.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Valentino, the man viewed by many as the greatest creator of evening wear of his time and the designer with the plushest lifestyle ever, staged his last fashion show in Paris Wednesday before a glittering array of Hollywood stars, mega designers, grand dames, Old and New Money and every fashion editor of note on the planet.