Legendary Italian designer Giorgio Armani dies

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The Italian dressmaker and billionaire model proprietor Giorgio Armani has died on the age of 91.

He was the archetype of Italian type and class, reimagining males's and ladies's fits for a contemporary viewers.

Armani, which started as a vogue firm, expanded into magnificence, perfume, music, sport and even luxurious accommodations, whereas as a revered businessman, his firm introduced greater than £2bn a yr.

Donatella Versace paid tribute to the late designer on her Instagram web page, posting an image of him, saying: "The world misplaced an enormous right this moment, he made historical past and shall be remembered without end."

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In a press release on the model's Instagram web page, it stated Armani " labored till his closing days, dedicating himself to the corporate, the collections and the various ongoing future tasks".

It additionally stated he was "indefatigable to the top" and "pushed by relentless curiosity and a deep consideration to the current and to folks".

The designer was seen as a pioneer in some ways, elevating crimson carpet vogue to what we see right this moment.

He was additionally the primary designer to ban underweight fashions from the runway, after the loss of life of mannequin Ana Carolina Reston in 2006 from anorexia nervosa.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni additionally paid tribute, saying: "Along with his class, sobriety, and creativity, he was capable of deliver lustre to Italian vogue and encourage the whole world.

"An icon, a tireless employee, a logo of the most effective of Italy. Thanks for all the pieces."

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In a profile in The Monetary Occasions, in one of many designer's final interviews, Alexander Fury wrote: "He put girls right into a uniform of fits simply as radical as Chanel's, creating forceful, assured clothes that helped to energy the working girl's social revolution of the Nineteen Eighties.

"Against this, he relaxed menswear, deconstructing conventional tailoring in a fashion that has affected how nearly each go well with on the planet is made."

A buddy of Hollywood, he understood the facility of publicity and dressed a few of its largest stars for the crimson carpet together with for the Oscars - together with Zendaya, Cate Blanchett and Julia Roberts.

He additionally designed stage outfits for Girl Gaga and numerous costumes for movies American Gigolo and The Wolf of Wall Avenue.

Whilst he entered his tenth decade, Armani continued to current new collections on the French and Italian catwalks.

His March 2025 present was designed to make a press release on world politics, with him stating that he "wished to think about new concord" as he believed "that's what all of us want".

Concern over his well being was first expressed in June this yr, when he missed Milan vogue week.

He directed a couture present in Paris in July 2025, however did this remotely from his dwelling in Milan.

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Armani was described as a "true gentleman" and "titan of the business" by Vogue's Laura Ingham, who paid tribute to the late designer.

She added: "If you do not know something about vogue, you may nonetheless know Giorgio Armani. Mr. Armani constructed a home synonymous with timeless Italian class and enduring type".

Referencing his traditional type, which included "refined silhouettes" and "immaculate tailoring", she concluded that "his legacy is woven not solely into fashions previous and current however will proceed to form its future for generations to come back".

Beginning his profession in drugs, he moved to vogue within the Nineteen Sixties and arrange his personal luxurious label in 1975 alongside his late companion Sergio Galeotti.

He confronted a lot criticism throughout his profession, together with in 2015 when he stated a homosexual man "doesn't want to decorate gay".

His firm additionally reached a monetary settlement with Italian tax authorities over offshore subsidiaries in 2014, although no wrongdoing was admitted.