Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)

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Valentino surrounded by his models and pet pugs in a scene from the documentary “Valentino: The Last Emperor.”
Portrait of a Fashion King: Palazzos, Pugs and Peons
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: March 18, 2009

Short, majestically coiffed, with hooded eyes, an orange-tinted tan and the peevish impatience of an absolute monarch: that is Valentino Garavani, the Italian couturier known simply as Valentino, as he appears in Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary portrait, “Valentino: The Last Emperor.” Watching the movie is a little like gorging on chocolate and Champagne until that queasy moment arrives when you realize you’ve consumed far too much. More