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"   Photo: Courtesy of the NYC Ballet  Valentino, who retired from fashion design in 2008, is designing anew\u2014this time for the New York City Ballet&amp;#039;s Fall Gala. The September 20th event aims to celebrate the legendary couturier with a performance of George Balanchine&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Rubies&amp;quot;\u2014a tribute to the designer&amp;#039;s signature red. In return, Valentino is creating costumes for three works that will be performed during the evening, including a new ballet set to Tschaikovsky&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Eugene Onegin.&amp;quot; Of the endeavor, Valentino says, &amp;quot;There is so much beauty in the ballet, the grace, the fluidity.&amp;quot; He is honored to have City Ballet &amp;quot;celebrate my work in this way,&amp;quot; he said, &amp;quot;And I am very passionate about the design of these very special costumes.&amp;quot; This is not the first time Valentino designed for ballet since his retirement; he designed costumes for the Vienna Ballet in 2009. Sarah Jessica Parker and Valentino&amp;#039;s longtime business partner Giancarlo Giammetti are set to co-chair the evening. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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