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Fashion's Old Guard Stays on Patrol

Giorgio Armani backstage Source AFR
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  • Emma Clark

"The issue is likely to become a central one for increasing numbers of European and American clothing labels, as a generation of designers in their 70s and 80s prepares to retire. Several of fashion's most prominent founders are hitting retirement age, including Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Carolina Herrera and Oscar de la Renta."

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