Giorgio Armani

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".

Career
Armani made his company, Armani, in 1974, and in 2001 was said to be the most successful designer to come from Italy. He was said to have had a net worth of $4.1 billion. 

Armani made wearing suits popular for women. He also made wearing suits a more formal outfit when going to work. 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.

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

Many of his designs were seen as art. The Guggenheim Museum made an exhibition of Armani's work. This was a first for a living designer.

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.

Armani was honoured 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.

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

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

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

Related pages
 Armani

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Other websites

 Armani Company website
 Giorgio Armani at The Fashion Styles


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