Giorgio Armani
11 July 1934 – 4 September 2025
Giorgio Armani was an Italian fashion designer who founded the Giorgio Armani label in 1975 and built it into a global luxury group spanning clothing, accessories, cosmetics and hotels. He was known for softly tailored, deconstructed jackets and for dressing film actors on screen and at awards ceremonies.
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Life events
Born in the northern Italian city of Piacenza.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgEnrolled in medicine but left after two years without completing the degree.
Took a job as a window dresser and later buyer at the Milan department store.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgJoined the Cerruti menswear label, where he developed his approach to tailoring.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgEstablished the company in Milan with his partner Sergio Galeotti.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDressed Richard Gere in the film, which brought the label wide attention in the United States.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAppeared on the cover of Time, one of few fashion designers to do so.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis business partner died, after which Armani took sole control of the company.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIntroduced a haute couture line shown in Paris.
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