Giorgio Armani
1934 - 2025
The venerable Italian designer built a global empire around sleek tailoring and on-brand hospitality.
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.
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.
A Prequiem for Giorgio Armani
Tim Blanks wrote an elegy for Mr Armani when he was still alive to read it.
A Prequiem for Giorgio Armani
Tim Blanks wrote an elegy for Mr Armani when he was still alive to read it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Remembering Anna Riva
The groundbreaking editor, who died last week at the age of 90, helped pioneer the Italian fashion sector, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Remembering Anna Riva
The groundbreaking editor, who died last week at the age of 90, helped pioneer the Italian fashion sector, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Armani 'Doesn’t Rule Out' Merger or IPO In Succession Plan
After preserving his fashion empire’s independence for decades, the 89 year-old designer is taking a more open stance to M&A.
Armani 'Doesn’t Rule Out' Merger or IPO In Succession Plan
After preserving his fashion empire’s independence for decades, the 89 year-old designer is taking a more open stance to M&A.
Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing
Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing
Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
In Milan, a Season of Simplification
Milan men’s fashion week was ruled by a return to rationality and rigour, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
In Milan, a Season of Simplification
Milan men’s fashion week was ruled by a return to rationality and rigour, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
The Debrief | Giorgio Armani, Fashion’s Most Successful Designer
BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks describes the designer and businessman’s life, continuing impact on fashion, mysterious succession plans and newfound vulnerability.
The Debrief | Giorgio Armani, Fashion’s Most Successful Designer
BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks describes the designer and businessman’s life, continuing impact on fashion, mysterious succession plans and newfound vulnerability.
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