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Valentino

Valentino

12 5.1
A famous Italian fashion house that makes expensive clothes and accessories
  • proper noun
  • /vælənˈtiːnoʊ/
translation icon : Valentino
  • I mean, Alba went all out with her Valentino gown, but a lot of these ladies were only wearing cocktail dresses?
  • Valentino dress
  • Valentino gown
  • wear Valentino

Sipping Pellegrino, walking out in Valentino spending chips like casino.

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Examples

  • The dress is Valentino and the rings are Hirotaka.

  • But I got this from the store instead and it is this Valentino purse.

  • Oh, it's so beautiful, so fashion forward, so Valentino.

  • I'm wearing Valentino, for crying out loud.

  • It is this incredible limited edition Valentino jacket.

  • That's a $1 ,200 Valentino suit.

  • Ah, OK, so this is custom Valentino for the BAFTA TV Awards.

  • My Costco socks and my Valentino shoes.

  • Wanda glanced at the Valentino purse on the passenger seat.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I just bought a stunning dress from Valentino that I can't wait to wear to the party.

Synonyms

maison
vsValentino
  • Jargon
6 7.2

A fashion company that makes expensive clothes and accessories

is a specific Italian luxury company and its founder rather than a general label
designer brand
vsValentino
1 3.0

A company that sells high fashion clothes and accessories by famous designers

is a single famous Italian house and its founder, not a general label

Surface Forms

Valentino main

Etymology

Valentino the fashion house is named after its founder, designer Valentino Garavani, and that Italian name comes from Latin Valentinus and valens meaning 'strong' or 'healthy'. So the brand simply uses the founder's classic, memorable name.