Daily Mail News – Showbiz
By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER
Published: 12:00 EST, 19 January 2026 | Updated: 15:40 EST, 19 January 2026
Iconic Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani died aged of 93 ’surrounded by his loved ones’ at his home in Rome on Monday, its been announced.
His foundation took to Instagram to confirm the tragic news and to confirm his body would lay in state ahead of Friday’s funeral at Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome´s Piazza della Repubblica.