In 1968, the fashion press dubbed Valentino the Sheik of Chic. The groundbreaking collection that landed him that nickname was the White Collection, an all-white lineup stitched with a trademark “V” on lapels and pockets that included the wedding dress worn by Jackie Kennedy when she married Aristotle Onassis.
“She owned that dress already, and several dresses of this collection,” Valentino told Fern Mallis in…
