India, Jan. 20 -- Internet culture may lead us to believe that the demise of every trend, is in its own way, 'the end of an era'. But once in a blue moon, an architect of archetypes breathes their last and the closing in of that era feels viscerally real.

Valentino Garavani left the world and an insurmountable legacy last night at the age of 93. The news was confirmed by his foundation as they summed up the "innate elegance" of his work, a result of his "ceaseless pursuit of beauty."

As an ode, we take a deep dive into how the Italian fashion luxury house reinvented the very peppy dopamine dressing, for the refined red carpet and runway ranks - entirely encased in the unmissably signature Valentino pink (and nothing else).

Valentino's ...