Valentino loves dresses - Valentino means dresses and has for nearly 40 years. Valentino's dresses are more dreamy, more romantic, more youthful and impeccably made. That's the charm and mastery of Valentino. Valentino explains that a dress should have very little detail and notes that he is focusing his design energy on creating a most perfect bias cut. \

But Valentino does not make only dresses. He can soften the edges of a razor-sharp blazer by coupling it with a ballooning skirt or a sweatshirt hood. He elevates the sweater's status by showing a plaid knitted one with a skirt of contrasting textured lame-figured chiffon. A tee-shirt becomes a dress when made up with silk and has diamonds at the sleeves. Flowers intrigue Valentino and he has used them in prints, in silk, and for petal shapes of bodices or skirts.

He says there should be a minimum of detail, but he does put in a lot of bows on his garments, at the waist or on a shoulder. He is truly the only designer who combines French embroidery and impeccable taste, with Italian fabrics, workmanship and glamour. He has established himself as one of the greatest designers, with a very beautiful and feminine style.

For more than a century, this famous British apparel line has outfitted intrepid outdoorsmen and urban fashionistas alike with its signature camel, red, black and white check.

Once a supplier of uniforms and home to the first gabardine material, the brand has become increasingly elegant to encompass men's and women's suits, coats, sportswear, high-end shoes, leatherware, fragrances, accessories and home accents. The company invented the first trench coat and remains synonymous with the high-end version of that classic.