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Giancarlo Giammetti’s Private Life

Giancarlo Giammetti's new book, Private GG, offers an intimate lens into his travels, friendships, relationships, and work. For the first time, Giammetti shares insight into his and Valentino’s very private lives.

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Giancarlo Giammetti

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Giancarlo Giammetti's new book, Private GG, offers an intimate lens into his travels, friendships, relationships, and work. For the first time, Giammetti shares insight into his and Valentino’s very private lives.

Giancarlo Giammetti

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Andy Warhol and Elton John at Club Sept, Paris, 1970s.


“Fabrice Emaer’s Club Sept on rue Sainte-Anne was the coolest nightspot in Paris during the 1970s. Going there was like going to church – you couldn’t miss it.”

Giancarlo Giammetti

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“In the 1980s we showed the summer couture in Piazza Mignanelli, the square in front of our palazzo. All the city invaded the adjacent Piazza di Spagna, where there were screens broadcasting the event live. It was a party for the city, but lots of work for us!”

Giancarlo Giammetti

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Giancarlo and Valentino on Vacation, St. Tropez, 1963.

Giancarlo Giammetti

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“This is me, happy and incredulous that The Last Emperor had an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival! We did not expect the movie to be so successful."

Giancarlo Giammetti

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Giancarlo with Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Valentino.

Giancarlo Giammetti

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Giancarlo on the set of The Devil Wears Prada with Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, 2005.

Giancarlo Giammetti

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Giancarlo, Valentino, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Capri, 1971.


“Jackie came to Capri every year with Ari Onassis on his boat. Here we are walking to Valentino’s house -- barefoot, of course. The picture was taken by one of several local photographers, but they weren’t like the paparazzi of today. They would sell the picture to you, not to gossip magazines!”

Giancarlo Giammetti

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Private Giancarlo Giammetti, Assouline, $250, available online October 25.

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