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Photos from the career of the late fashion designer Valentino

By The Associated Press

Italian designer Valentino Garavani was known for his glamorous gowns and signature “Valentino red,” which were fashion show staples for nearly half a century. On Monday his foundation announced he had died.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Heat catches Europe’s fashion industry unprepared as models face the sun in fur and wool

By The Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — The most coveted accessory at the Paris Fashion Week shows this week was not a bag, a sneaker or a watch. It was an ice pack. As a historic heat wave gripped the French capital, fashion houses fought to keep guests cool with mist machines, chilled towels, parasols and iced Evian on silver platters. It wasn’t enough. Historic venues sweltered, guests were packed in tight, air conditioning was absent or inadequate and water ran short — at one house, organizers weighed serving none at all, having found only plastic bottles to hand out. That mattered because Paris Fashion Week is not a minor cultural event.
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