Keni valenti biography of albert

Keni Valenti, the “King of Vintage,” built an empire of retro couture from a assortment of exquisite garments from the 1920’s -1980’s. He established legendary status among designers and clients like fashion’s heavy hitters Halston, Yves Saint Laurent, Geoffrey Beene, and Gucci with an incomparable collection from the obscure and bizarre to iconic.

Keni valenti biography of albert

Because of this, he is considered the vintage authority.

Valenti’s preternatural sense for collecting is also both unrivaled and ingeniously obsessive. He stole Vivienne Westwood’s infamous “Sex” shirt off of Sid Vicious himself, sold it at $3,800 and upon hearing that Tom Ford stepped down from Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche last year, Valenti feverishly bought of rolls of logoed Gucci wallpaper to outfit the bathrooms in his Miami home.

In the late ‘70s, Valenti started making accessories out of Saran wrap boxes and Styrofoam for Betsey Johnson.

He caught the eye of Italian ready-to-wear company Fiorucci, who gave him hi