It wouldn't be Paris couture week without a fashion catfight! Valentino, the uber-tanned, pug-loving elder statesman of Italian fashion, took a major swipe at design rivals Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in a recent interview, calling them "arrogant."

Though Valentino, who at 76, is in the throes of staging his last-ever couture collection, had plenty of praise for other Italian designers (calling Donatella Versace "gritty and determined" and praising Miuccia Prada as "stupefying"), he said he had little love for the likes of Dolce and Gabbana, sniping, "The problem with young stylists is that they all want to be famous straightaway and then they all do the same things."

Never mind that neither Dolce nor Gabbana are exactly boy-wonders. Dolce is 50, while Gabbana is 46; both have enjoyed careers that have endured for more than two decades and run an extremely profitable fashion empire. Though for many years the duo were known for their corset-heavy runway looks, their most recent spring collection earned tremendous praise for finding a new, more ladylike look. In response to the bitchery, Gabbana said, "Valentino has been having good-bye parties since last July. I've been working. To be quite honest, I don't care what Valentino says about us."