I first glimpsed Gstaad while watching Valentino: The Last Emperor, the 2009 documentary about the legendary Italian fashion designer.
The film provided beguiling shots of the Gstaad chalet Valentino shared with husband Giancarlo Giammetti. Even more stunning were the alpine views out its windows.
After a visit in the late 1980s, journalist Bob Coacello raved about the chalet’s “deep paisley sofas, Lalanne sheep sculptures, and Arcimboldo sixteenth-century vegetable portraits” and dubbed it “the