The Hidden Kingdom of Style: Inside Valentino Garavani’s Château de Wideville—A Fashion Icon’s Most Personal Masterpiece
When the great Italian couturier Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani — universally known simply as Valentino — acquired a 17th-century French château in 1995, most of the world was focused on his richly embroidered evening gowns or his signature “Valentino red.” What few realized then was that Château de Wideville , perched among rolling hills just outside Paris in the commune of Crespières, would become one of the most extraordinary intersections of fashion, heritage, and visionary...
