Armani’s final collection to close Milan fashion shows
TDT | Milan
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Giorgio Armani’s final collection goes on show Sunday at Milan Fashion Week, originally intended as a 50th anniversary celebration for the Italian house, but now serving as a final tribute.
The legendary designer, who was head of a billion-dollar fashion empire, died this month aged 91.
Sunday evening’s catwalk show had been planned as the crowning event of a year of celebrations of Armani’s group. It was organised in the Pinacoteca di Brera, the art gallery where more than 120 of his creations have been displayed as part of an anniversary exhibition that opened this week.
The company decided both the exhibition and catwalk show would go ahead despite Armani’s death, but Sunday’s event is expected to be a sombre affair.
It is black tie, and will be followed by a visit around the exhibition, in which iconic outfits -- from red carpet gowns to Richard Gere’s suit in “American Gigolo”, a film which helped make Armani famous -- have been placed in and around masterpieces of Italian Renaissance art. As a memory, guests were given with their invitations a white t-shirt with Armani’s image printed on the front.
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