MILAN — “We feel his presence in this room,” said Camera della Moda’s president Carlo Capasa on Thursday about Giorgio Armani, who died last week at 91. “This Milan Fashion Week will be celebrated in memory of one of its founders,” he added in his opening remarks at the organization’s press conference, which presented the final…
Italian producer Andrea Iervolino (Ferrari) has announced a movie biopic of the late fashion giant Giorgio Armani. According to the prolific Iervolino, the project has been in the works for several months and came about from “a personal desire to pay tribute to one of the greatest innovators of international fashion and an indelible symbol…
Giorgio Armani began by placing mannequins in the windows of a Milanese gallery, unaware that one day he would dress Hollywood’s biggest stars. Amid the fabrics, lights, and display windows of the historic La Rinascente department store, he began to forge a career based on the idea of understated, timeless elegance that would take him…
Long before Hollywood stylists were household names alongside their celebrity clients, a 20-year-old Golden Globe nominee walked into the men’s section of Rodeo Drive’s Giorgio Armani store and picked out a suit to wear. Julia Roberts not only won the award for Best Supporting Actress that night, she inadvertently created a look that is still…
The private funeral of fashion legend Giorgio Armani was set to take place Monday in a picturesque village near Piacenza, in the northern Italian region where the designer grew up. Only about 60 people were expected at the 3:30 pm (1330 GMT) ceremony, according to local media, at the 14th-century Church of San Martino in…
Thousands of people streamed to the Teatro Armani in Milan on Saturday, where Giorgio Armani’s coffin is on display for two days as Italy bids farewell to its most famous fashion designer. Armani, who lived just a few houses away on one of the most elegant streets in the northern metropolis, died at the age…
MILAN – Hundreds of ordinary admirers and VIPs paid their last respects Saturday to Giorgio Armani, remembered by Milan’s mayor as a “man of extraordinary elegance” who left an indelible mark on the city and the global fashion world. Armani died Thursday at 91 at his home in central Milan surrounded by loved ones. His…
Such a deceptively simple act. Such a revolution in style. When the Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani ripped the lining out of a man’s jacket — and took the bulky shoulder pads with it for good measure — he created a look and a movement in fashion to which almost every designer of business, street,…
10 The Fashion World Mourns Giorgio Armani’s Passing Following Giorgio Armani’s death on Thursday morning, the fashion industry is deep in mourning—and sharing fond memories, reflections, and experiences with the designer through the years. Across social media, Armani’s friends and collaborators across the design, editorial, film, television, and music fields have all shared posts filled…
Keeping it soft, yet firm, while walking with quiet power and poised grace! If anyone understood the assignment the best, it was Giorgio Armani. One of the pioneers of soft tailoring and power dressing, the legendary Italian designer passed away on September 4 at the age of 91, leaving behind a world dominated by his…