Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani passes in 91 | Fashion industry news

Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who transformed the concept of usual elegance into a bill of dollars in a fashion empire, died at the age of 91.

Armani died in the northern Italian city of Milan.

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“With the endless sadness, the Armani Group announces its passing from its origin and its founder and the power of motivation: Giorgio Armani,” he said.

The statement added that the fashion icon “worked until its last days, and devoted himself to the company, groups and many continuous future projects.”

One of the most well-known names and faces in the global fashion industry, ARMani missed the Milan Fashion Week in June 2025 for the first time during the Spring-Summer 2026 for men’s clothing to recover from an undeclared state.

He was planning a major event to celebrate 50 years of the Giorgio Armani fashion house during Milan Fashion Week this month.

Starting with an unpopular jacket, a simple pair of pants and an urban plate, Armani put a ready -to -wear style on the international fashion map in the late 1970s, creating a comfortable silhouette that can be recognized immediately that pushed the fashion house for half a century.

From the executive office to the Hollywood screen, Armani wore the wealthy and celebrities in classic styles designed, designed with super soft fabrics and silent tones. His clothes of handsome black tie and sparkling evening dressing are often stolen on the red carpet in the award season.

At the time of his death.

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Armani was born in 1934 in Piakinza, a town in the industrial heart in northern Italy, near Milan, one of the children of Augo Armani and Maria Raymondi.

His father worked at the local fascist party headquarters before he became an accountant for a transport company. His mother was a housewife.

In 1975, Armani and his partner Sergio Gallowe Volkswagen sold for $ 10,000 to start their own men’s clothing mark. Follow women’s clothes after a year.

The new ARMani style symbol was the indisputable sports jacket, which was launched in the late 1970s and became immediate success from Hollywood to Wall Street. The designer pair the jacket with a simple T -shirt, an element of clothing called “Alpha and omega from the fashion alphabet”.

The Armani suit soon became necessary in a good -heeled man cabinet. For women, the entry of pants in the executive working room was revolutionary.

The “pants” called “Energy Suit” with its shoulder -filled jackets and its designed shoulder pants have become a brand for the class of business rising in the eighties.

Over the years, Armani has reduced the appearance with fine details, luxurious fabrics and the brighter shades of the beige and gray panel. His insistence on pants and jackets led some critics to naming his “Androgynous” costumes.

The designer also has many bars, clubs, restaurants and its basketball team – EMPORIO Armani Milan, known as Olimpia Milano.