Valentino Garavani

He doesn't miss designing either.

Supermodels and former First Ladies alike came out on Monday to pay tribute to the designer.

This might be the chicest ballet ever.

She's fought hard for her fashion pedigree, and it looks like she's finally getting it.

The 55-year-old fashion house is hotter than ever. How co-creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have managed to modernize the brand without forgetting its past.

We've already brought you all the OTT sexy looks from the runway and a peek inside the arduous process that went into creating the show behind-the-scenes, but there were also several must-see-to-believe moments that you'll really need to watch on television to fully comprehend/believe.

Giammetti opens up about being the power behind Valentino, and how the two met in the first place.

Valentino, J.Lo and Liza with a Z.

Valentino may be an octogenarian, but he still knows how to party. According to Page Six, Valentino got in trouble with the Gstaad police after several neighbors complained he was blasting Madonna too loud at his chalet. Was he just blasting Madonna tracks? Maybe the Immaculate Collection? Or was it actually Madonna herself, because she was reportedly there too.

The New York City Ballet's new season kicks off tonight with the company's fall gala. Sadly, I'm not lucky enough to attend this time/split my dress open and flash my panties to New York's fanciest, but the NYCB's Facebook page just released a slew of behind-the-scenes images of Valentino working on the costumes--so I almost feel like I'm there. Also? The costumes are incredible.

Time for the design community to weigh in on the possibility of Raf Simons at Dior! From Mr. Valentino Garavani himself, when asked by Vogue UK wheth

When Franca Sozzani spoke at the press conference announcing the launch of the Valentino Garavani Vitrual Museum--a project funded entirely by Garavani and his longtime partner Giancarlo Giammetti to virtually house and showcase five decades of Valentino--she said celebrities love to wear Valentino and “not because they have been asked.” And last night, despite high winds and an icy deluge, a lot of celebrities wearing a lot of Valentino turned out to celebrate the designer's groundbreaking new museum at a party at the IAC Building.

"I was at the Kennedy Center Honors last night so I haven't slept, so things are gonna get funky," Anne Hathaway said, on hand yesterday for the launch of the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum at MoMA. "I'm bringing the funk to MoMA!" Hathaway looked gorgeous in Valentino and well-rested from my vantage point, but some awkward moments (at one point she said, while on stage, 'I'd like to invite Mr. Valentino and Mr. Giammetti to invite me to the stage") seemed to confirm that she hadn't slept much (and maybe enjoyed some champers,too). But Hathaway's kooky emceeing couldn't detract from the truly groundbreaking work Valentino and his partner Giancarlo Giammetti have achieved in creating a virtual museum that houses and comprehensively breaks down five decades of Valentino's work. Hathaway called the museum a "revolution" and that she did not believe that word choice was "hyperbolic." We're with her there. A quick run down of what you'll find upon downloading the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum (here's the link):

When so much of the fashion world seems to be launching retrospective coffee table books and museum exhibitions, Valentino is cutting out the high price tags and long lines with a virtual museum. It's literally an entire museum dedicated to Valentino, but on your computer through a desktop application you can download online on December 5. According to a release, the retrospective museum, which spans 50 years of Valentino, would cover over 100,000 square feet if it were real. In addition to over 300 gorgeous dresses from the Valentino archives, the museum's content will include sketches, illustrations, ad campaigns, editorials and photos of events and memorable red carpet moments (Jackie O, Julia Roberts, etc). There's also a library of 5,000 images and 95 runway show videos.

Why build to a dramatic finish when you can open with a bang? At least that seemed to be Oscar de la Renta's philosophy when he presented his spring 2012 collection yesterday at a gritty unfinished space on W. 42nd St.--a move from the Upper East Side Park Ave. location where he's been showing for years. Models burst out onto the runway in silk taffeta ball gowns in marigold, emerald and tomato that billowed down the longest runway I've ever seen to a soundtrack of, get this, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Really. There were still plenty of embroidered and crocheted cocktail day appropriate for de la Renta's core ladies-who-lunch clientele, but with the new show space and bad ass rock soundtrack the designer seemed to be turning over a new leaf with renewed energy. If you needed more proof that there was a new Oscar in town this season, look no further than the youthful star-studded front row. While de la Renta's front row is usually stacked with his posh friends and buyers, this season Justin Timberlake was there (we overheard him exchanging pleasantries and tennis with Anna Wintour), a few seats down from him was Ashley Olsen (she and JT were both wearing black suits), and across from Ashley was New York fashion week's unexpected new star, Nicki Minaj (she wasn't wearing pants and had on a tiger hat complete with ears). The tanned glory that is Valentino Garavani was also there, a few chairs down from Barbara Walters. But back to the clothes.