India, Jan. 19 -- Renowned Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani passed away at his residence in Rome on Monday at the age of 93.

According to his foundation's Instagram post, he will be lying in state at PM23 in Rome's Piazza Mignanelli 23 on Wednesday and Thursday from 11 am to 6 pm.

His funeral is scheduled to take place at the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, in Piazza della Repubblica 8 in Rome at 11 am on Friday.

Valentino was ranked along with Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld as the last of the great designers from an era before fashion became a global affair and a highly commercial industry run as much by accountants and marketing executives as the designers, reported Reuters.

Lagerfeld passed away in 20...