Giorgio Armani

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Giorgio Armani (11 July 1934 – 4 September 2025) was an Italian fashion designer who was the founder of the luxury fashion house Armani. He was famous for designing men's and women's clothes. The New York Times called Armani a "Fashion's Master of the Power Suit".[1]

Career

Armani made his company, Armani, in 1974, and in 2001 was said to be the most successful designer to come from Italy,[2] with a yearly turnover of $1.691 billion, and having $4.1 billion.[3]

Armani has been said to have made wearing suits popular for women and for making wearing suits a more formal outfit in the workplace.[4][5] He was also said to have been an important designer for "red carpet" fashion because of the dresses and suits he would design for celebrities.[6]

Armani also helped designed some outfits for movies such as for American Gigolo (1980) and The Untouchables (1987).

Many of his designs were widely called art. The Guggenheim Museum hosted an exhibition of Armani's work, a first for a living designer.[7][8]

In 2007, Armani became the first designer to ban models with a body mass index (BMI) under 18, after a model starved to death herself because of anorexia nervosa.[9]

Armani was honored with an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2008 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2021.[10]

Personal life

Armani was born in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna.[1] He lived in poverty during World War II. He was severely burned when an unexploded artillery shell he had been playing with exploded.[11] He studied medicine at the University of Milan.[11]

Armani was a private man.[12] However he said in an interview with Vanity Fair that he had relationships with both men and women.[13]

Armani died at his home in Milan, Italy from liver failure on 4 September 2025 at the age of 91.[14][1]

Bibliography

  • Molho, Renata (2007). Being Armani: A Biography. Milan: Baldini Castoldi Dalai. ISBN 978-88-6073-296-5.
  • Potvin, John (2013). Giorgio Armani: Empire of the Senses (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781409406686.
  • Pagano, Frank; Di Dio Roccazzella, Marco (2025). Giorgio Armani. The Man, the Brand and the Company. Milan: Bocconi University Press. ISBN 9791280623683.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Giorgio Armani, Fashion's Master of the Power Suit, Dies at 91". The New York Times. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Giorgio Armani Biog". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Giorgio Armani, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com". www.forbes.com.
  4. ↑ "Giorgio Armani, the minimalist, perfectionist fashion icon – DW – 09/04/2025". dw.com. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  5. ↑ WW, FashionNetwork com (2023-01-16). "Giorgio Armani: Ever green and ever inventive". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  6. ↑ "Giorgio Armani, Fashion's Paterfamilias, Dies Aged 91". ELLE. 2025-09-04. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  7. ↑ "Giorgio Armani". Guggenheim.org. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Armani Mania: Happy Twenty-Fifth". Time. 18 December 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Brazil mourns as anorexia claims another model's life". Reuters. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Giorgio Armani Receives Knight Grand Cross, Italy's Highest Civilian Honor". People. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "How style guru Giorgio Armani revolutionised fashion". 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Iredale, Jessica (2025-09-04). "Giorgio Armani, Fashion Paragon of Sophistication and Success, Dead at 91". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  13. ↑ Bachrach, Judy (2000-10-01). "Armani in Full". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  14. ↑ "Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies". Sky News. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.

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