Fashion designer Valentino Garavani dies aged 93

Valentino Garavani, the fashion legend who turned runway drama into pure romance, has died at 93, and the tributes are rolling in fast. Even the way people are talking about him feels personal, like they didn’t just watch his work, they grew up with it.

It’s especially heavy because this isn’t happening in isolation. Fashion photographer Alex Belli posted a message that reads like a private goodbye, calling Garavani a “man, a mentor, a friend,” and insisting his greatness will stay with everyone who knew him through his art. And just months earlier, Giorgio Armani died at 91, “peacefully” in Milan on September 4, 2025, which makes this stretch of losses hit even harder.

Now the fashion world is left staring at two names, two endings, and one very real question: how do you move on when the legends keep slipping away?

Alex Belli’s tribute to Valentino Garavani is the kind of post that stops the scroll, because “mentor” and “friend” don’t show up in casual captions.

Then the timing lands, with Armani’s September 4, 2025 death in Milan still fresh, making Garavani’s passing feel like a second punch.

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In the middle of all the headlines, Belli’s words keep the focus where it belongs, on the human impact behind the fashion empire.

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Fashion photographer Alex Belli added: "A man, a mentor, a friend!! But your greatness will forever remain with us."

His death comes just months after fellow fashion powerhouse Giorgio Armani died at the age of 91. Armani died 'peacefully' in Milan on September 4, 2025.

And as people react to Garavani’s death at 93, the shared grief becomes a strange kind of runway, one that nobody asked to walk.</p>

Two giants are gone, and everyone is left wondering who gets to carry that kind of legacy next.

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