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| Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies at 91 |
| 2025-09-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has passed away at the age of 91. This was reported on September 4 by La Repubblica. "Mr. Armani, as he was always known with respect and admiration by his employees and partners, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones. Tireless, he worked until his last days, devoting himself to the company, its collections and the varied and ever-changing projects, both current and ongoing," the publication reports the Armani group statement. The fashion designer was born on July 11, 1934 in Piacenza, Italy. In 1949, he moved with his family to Milan. Armani studied medicine at the University of Milan for two years, after which he dropped out and joined the army. After his military service, he became a laborer in the large Milan department store "Rinaccente", where he also decorated windows and was a buyer of clothes. In 1961, Armani became an assistant to fashion designer Nino CeruttiLater he worked as a stylist for such fashion designers as Ungaro and Zegna. In 1974, Giorgio Armani presented his first collection under his own name, and a year later he created his own company. He has received numerous awards, including the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award (1979), the International Designer of the Year Award, the Menswear Lifetime Achievement Award (both from the Council of Fashion Designers of America), and the GQ Designer of the Year Award. |
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