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Giorgio says Armani to stay independent

Italian fashion house Armani will stay independent, its founder and designer Giorgio Armani in an interview published Friday on business website Milano Finanza. "I have always believed that economic independence was the fundamental principle to work in full freedom," said Armani. The 84-year-old giant of Italian fashion said he had been...

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Restructuring negatively impacts Giorgio Armani's FY17 sales and profit

The Armani Group has said through a media statement that the company achieved positive results in 2017, with net profits of 325 million euros (376.7 million dollars) on 2,335 million euros (2,706,5 million dollars) of net revenues, down 7 percent at actual exchange and 5.8 percent at constant exchange. The company said, these results fit in the...

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Video: Giorgio Armani Privé FW 2018/2019 Haute Couture

Giorgio Armani Privé Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018/2019 by Giorgio Armani, Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture. Source: FF Channel, YouTube.

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Video: Giorgio Armani - SS19 Men's collection

Giorgio Armani Spring Summer 2019 Menswear collection, Milan Fashion Week. Source: Armani, YouTube.

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Armani sets his classical style against theatrical excess

Giorgio Armani launched his new collection "Atmosphere" in Milan on Saturday, proclaiming his deep-rooted classicism against extravagant theatrical trends. "My fashion is not that of a theatre which lasts as long as a catwalk show, which serves only to create chatter and would be disconnected from what the client finds in my boutiques," the...

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Maison Margiela and Givenchy wow Paris haute couture

British designers kicked up a storm Wednesday at Paris haute couture week with highly-praised shows from Givenchy's Clare Waight Keller and John Galliano at Maison Margiela. Waight Keller made a flawless haute couture debut late Tuesday with critics swooning over her moonlit sonata in black and white. And Galliano, who showed his first Margiela...

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Global crisis? Not on his Milan runway, says Armani

The world is a bit of a mess at the moment -- facing a string of natural disasters and potentially some manmade ones -- but Giorgio Armani figures his clothes don't have to be that way. The Spring/Summer 2018 collection he sent down the runway Friday at Milan Fashion Week was bright and modern, full of vivid prints and crisp cuts. What was...

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Who will succeed Giorgio Armani?

In July 2016 Giorgio Armani created a foundation with the aim to ensure continuity of the Armani empire and allow for a course of succession with the Fondazione Giorgio Armani. But a year later, the succession plan or indeed the successor's name, remains shrouded in mystery as to what that strategy or person could be. While it is not in good...

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Armani group reorganises brand portfolio

Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani is reorganising its brand portfolio from seven design lines to just three in response to the “highly competitive global market” said the luxury group, as it reported a 5 percent drop in group sales in 2016. The reorganisation it states will “strength individual brands” while also allow the portfolio to “...

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Paris Couture Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2017 Round Up

Paris Haute Couture fashion week Autumn/Winter 2017, if anything signified a shift in the fashion industry. As seasons continue to blur, this edition saw a host of ready-to-wear designers invited to show on schedule, in addition to menswear and womenswear being presented side by side, raising the question - is this the start of a fashion...

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Giorgio Armani announces round of layoffs

In the category of things you don't see everyday, Giorgio Armani, one of the world's most recognizable names in luxury fashion, has announced that they will have a large round of layoffs. The company, which is undergoing a new retail strategy, will be laying off 110 employees out of a total of 180 at their Giorgio Armani Operations plant in...

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Why do fashion designers dress themselves in uniforms?

What does Giorgio Armani have in common with Steve Jobs, Karl Lagerfeld with Mark Zuckerberg, Anna Wintour with Mother Teresa? They are associated with wearing an instantly recognizable daily uniform. Jobs and Zuckerberg might be said to dress for the technology industry, Mother Teresa had little time for trends, but fashion designers and...