As fashion editor and friend André Leon Talley writes in the introduction, "Valentino Garavani designs his lunches and dinners, in all of his homes, in the same way he has created crescendos and lively vivacity during his over forty-year career as one of the greatest haute couture designers and leaders of high fashion in the world." Beauty and fun have always been Valentino's passions. "I am in love with beauty," he admits at the beginning of the
