Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, dies at 91
Donatella Versace, a compatriot of Italian designer, published a photo of Armani on Instagram and wrote that he had made the story.
“The world has lost a giant today,” she wrote.
Known as “Re Giorgio” – or King Giorgio – he founded his eponymous company in 1975, and he quickly became a word for an elegant and discreet style which “extended fashion to all aspects of life”, as the declaration said.
His moment of escape occurred in 1980 when he designed the costumes carried by Richard Gere in the film “American Gigolo”. From there, it has extended to a global empire that covered everything, high fashion in high fashion, shoe glasses, and even household items.
Diane Keaton wore Armani’s first red carpet design when she attended the Oscars in 1978. She won an Oscar for the best actress for her role in “Annie Hall” that evening.
Unlike many stars that wore dresses, Keaton wore a skirt and a blazer designed by Armani. She wanted to appear as relatable first and a second star, remembers Armani in an interview in 2020 with Grazia.
“It is interesting to come back to this because, in 1978, we all adjusted how we thought of ourselves, socially and professionally,” he said. “In particular, women discovered a new voice as professionals.”
Armani added that he found himself credited with having given these women the wardrobe to compete with their male counterparts. And as the combination of power of women dominated pop culture in the 1970s and 1980s, Armani was the designer to wear or, for his competitors, imitate.
Armani’s pants and the unlined jacket created a noticeable silhouette that put Italian ready-to-wear on the map. While the costume made Armani’s fashion house famous, his dresses were also revered, because he kept the same elegance and emphasizes the silhouette that made his creations so popular.
His business has extended beyond the clothes to include cosmetics, perfume, home furnishings, accessories and more. Forbes estimated its net value at 12.1 billion dollars and ranked it n ° 235 among the world’s billionaires.
The profile of Forbes d’Armani quoted him as saying that he was “never satisfied”.
“In fact, as a person who is forever dissatisfied and obsessive of his search for perfection, I never give up before I got the results I want,” he said.
Although the funeral are deprived, in accordance with the wishes of Armani, the awakening at the headquarters and the Milan show space of the fashion house, the Teatro Armani, will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday.
