Kohle Yohannan, author of Valentina: American Couture and the Cult of Celebrity , says that "Valentina's interest in collecting and wearing vintage clothing and accessories was decades ahead of its time." And while she ran a successful couture business from the 1920s to the 1950s that rivaled the likes of Charles James and Mainbocher, and dressed women with the last names of Astor, Vanderbilt and Hearst, she is a designer that has remained in relative obscurity. But that's about to change...
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