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Luxury

Giorgio Armani’s Will Tells Heirs to Sell the Brand or Seek IPO

The document says the late designer's heirs must sell a minority stake within 18 months, with a larger transfer to the same buyer to occur later, and give preference to LVMH, L'Oréal or EssilorLuxottica, according to Reuters. Otherwise, the brand should pursue an IPO.

Luxury

Giorgio Armani’s Will Tells Heirs to Sell the Brand or Seek IPO

The document says the late designer's heirs must sell a minority stake within 18 months, with a larger transfer to the same buyer to occur later, and give preference to LVMH, L'Oréal or EssilorLuxottica, according to Reuters. Otherwise, the brand should pursue an IPO.


Luxury

Armani: What’s Next for the Sleeping Beauty Mega-Brand?

Armani leaves a legacy of radical lightness, and an all-encompassing vision for Italian elegance. Remaining independent will require his successors to restore that iconoclastic, globally minded approach at every level of the company.

Luxury

Armani: What’s Next for the Sleeping Beauty Mega-Brand?

Armani leaves a legacy of radical lightness, and an all-encompassing vision for Italian elegance. Remaining independent will require his successors to restore that iconoclastic, globally minded approach at every level of the company.


Luxury

Armani Succession Plan, Always Mysterious, Is About to Get Tested

With Giorgio Armani’s death come questions about whether his chosen successors can avoid ‘rupture’ and maintain the Italian fashion empire’s independence.

Luxury

Armani Succession Plan, Always Mysterious, Is About to Get Tested

With Giorgio Armani’s death come questions about whether his chosen successors can avoid ‘rupture’ and maintain the Italian fashion empire’s independence.


Luxury

A Prequiem for Giorgio Armani

Tim Blanks wrote an elegy for Mr Armani when he was still alive to read it.

Luxury

A Prequiem for Giorgio Armani

Tim Blanks wrote an elegy for Mr Armani when he was still alive to read it.


Luxury

Giorgio Armani’s Multi-Dimensional Legacy

Herald of soft masculinity, outfitter of the working women’s revolution, the designer who dressed New Hollywood… Armani made a titanic impact on fashion and society, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Luxury

Giorgio Armani’s Multi-Dimensional Legacy

Herald of soft masculinity, outfitter of the working women’s revolution, the designer who dressed New Hollywood… Armani made a titanic impact on fashion and society, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Luxury

Giorgio Armani, Italy’s Fashion ‘King,’ Has Died

The designer was the richest in the world, and the sole owner of the Armani Group that was for many years the most successful fashion company in the country.

Luxury

Giorgio Armani, Italy’s Fashion ‘King,’ Has Died

The designer was the richest in the world, and the sole owner of the Armani Group that was for many years the most successful fashion company in the country.


Fashion Week

Couture’s Age of Experience, Experience of Age

Chanel at 110, Armani at 91, Me at Midnight: Tuesday in Paris was that kind of day, writes Tim Blanks.

Fashion Week

Couture’s Age of Experience, Experience of Age

Chanel at 110, Armani at 91, Me at Midnight: Tuesday in Paris was that kind of day, writes Tim Blanks.


Luxury

This Week: Paris Couture and Trump’s Tariffs

Both sides of fashion’s value equation will be put to the test in the coming days as couture houses flex their creative muscles and consumer prices hang in the balance pending trade deals between the US and major fashion manufacturing hubs.

Luxury

This Week: Paris Couture and Trump’s Tariffs

Both sides of fashion’s value equation will be put to the test in the coming days as couture houses flex their creative muscles and consumer prices hang in the balance pending trade deals between the US and major fashion manufacturing hubs.


Luxury

Global Market Rout Darkens Outlook for European Luxury Labels

One Wall Street analyst now expects global sales of luxury goods to fall by as much as 2 percent this year, marking the industry’s longest downturn in over two decades.

Luxury

Global Market Rout Darkens Outlook for European Luxury Labels

One Wall Street analyst now expects global sales of luxury goods to fall by as much as 2 percent this year, marking the industry’s longest downturn in over two decades.


Fashion Week

Milan Day Six: Old Guard, New Guard

Giorgio Armani’s latest outing capped a Milan Fashion Week that included shows from promising young labels: Galib Gassanoff’s Institution, Giuseppe Buccinnà and Francesco Murano.

Fashion Week

Milan Day Six: Old Guard, New Guard

Giorgio Armani’s latest outing capped a Milan Fashion Week that included shows from promising young labels: Galib Gassanoff’s Institution, Giuseppe Buccinnà and Francesco Murano.