Valentino decided to let his fellow designers what they thought of them prior to the presentation of his final collection in Paris yesterday.
Gabbana also believes a child should not be raised by same-sex parents.
No word on what Valentino thought of Karl Lagerfeld, who handled the retiring designer with kid gloves at a ceremony later at the Hotel de Ville, where Valentino was awarded the Medal of Paris by gay mayor Bertrand Delanoe.
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