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Giorgio Armani (left), Silvana Armani (center) and Pantaleo Dell’Orco (right) at Milan Fashion Week in September 2021. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Giorgio Armani’s will was unsealed on Thursday, a week after the iconic fashion designer’s death at the age of 91 on September 4. In the bombshell document, the late billionaire laid out how his estimated $9.6 billion fortune will …

Updated at 4:16 p.m. ET Sept. 12 MILAN — Now that the late designer Giorgio Armani‘s wills have been released, three of the companies that have long been mooted as potential buyers of his company, and that he mentioned himself in his wills — LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, L’Oréal and EssilorLuxottica — have issued statements praising the brand, and …

MILAN (AP) — After a lifetime of spurning would-be business suitors, the late Italian designer Giorgio Armani instructed his heirs to sell an initial 15% minority stake in his vast fashion empire, with priority to the French conglomerate LVMH, the eyewear giant Essilor-Luxottica or the cosmetics company L’Oreal. Armani gave control of 40% of his business empire to his longtime …

Giorgio Armani was so protective of his 200-foot-long superyacht that even his VIP guests were not allowed to board the $60 million vessel until they removed their diamond rings, because the late designer was worried the rings would scratch its museum-wort  Luxurylaunches Giorgio Armani’s Red Carpet Secret? Her Name Was Wanda.  The New York Times Giorgio Armani Biopic ‘Armani – The King …

With the passing of Giorgio Armani, the world has lost one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. The Italian almost single-handedly redefined menswear in the 1980s with his unstructured suiting, which gave men a newfound freedom and comfort in ease. His new ideas would’ve found their audience regardless, but they exploded into the mainstream with the release …

ADVERTISEMENT As final tributes are being paid to Giorgio Armani following his death of Thursday, many terms are being used to describe him, such as ‘the king of fashion’, ‘the creator of Made in Italy in the world’ and ‘the icon of a style that will never fade.’ Ironically, for his collaborators and those he met in his favourite places …

By Claudia Chieppa and Hanna Rantala MILAN (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners visited Milan’s fashion district on Saturday to pay their respects to Giorgio Armani, Italy’s most famous designer, who died this week at the age of 91, filing in silence past his coffin. His wooden casket, with white roses placed on top, lay in the vast dark exhibition space at …

Thousands of mourners paid homage Saturday to Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91, as his coffin was put on public display in Milan. Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace was among those who filed past Armani’s closed casket at the headquarters of his multi-billion-euro lifestyle company, which marked its 50th anniversary this year. Adorned with a …

Giorgio Armani, who died on Thursday at the age of 91, designed red carpet gowns and dresses worn by some of the most famous women in the world. The Italian designer also curated the wedding day looks for high-profile celebrities and royalty, including Katie Holmes‘ 2006 gown and Princess Charlene’s 2011 dress. Princess Charlene Prince Albert II of Monaco and …

No doubt there was some moment in my many decades of knowing Giorgio Armani when I finally felt comfortable enough to call him “Giorgio” instead of “Mr. Armani,” but it took time. Giorgio inspired immense admiration for his achievements, and also for his unwavering way of seeing the world and how we might look and live in it. Since everything …