Giorgio Armani - Designer, Creative Director of Emporio Armani & Giorgio Armani

[Salvatore]

Mr Armani is one person that has gotten better looking with age.

 

[Kanzai]

Scrolling through 1stDibs and found this 😍. I'm not a woman and sadly not a fashion collector either (I mean, I'm way too broke to be one, lmao).
Giorgio Armani 1990s Silver Gunmetal Avant Garde Vintage 90s Silk Blouse Top For Sale at 1stDibs | silk shirts 90s

 

[Phuel]

I’m surprised that there’s still not a series on Armani. Maybe his life is so pleasantly bland and peacefully uneventful that it wouldn’t make for a gripping drama; but the recent series on Balenciaga was so boring AF, saved for the sole gorgeous production value, I can’t imagine why Armani’s story isn’t worth an effort. The 2 Yves feature films were solid, from what I remember. While that Halston series was an utter travesty. But American productions of fashion designers always tend to go for cheap camp, treating the industry like it's always Sex and the City.

And Kevin Bacon would be the perfect physical embodiment to play a mature Armani: They may as well be brothers with that distinct pug-nose. No idea who would play a young Armani...Any young actor with a pug-nose...???

 

[Kanzai]

Would love to hear more about his story with Sergio Galeotti tbh.

G.A: When Sergio died, a part of me died with him. I must say I’m still amazed that I found within myself the resilience to withstand such an immense pain. We spent a year going from hospital to hospital, and to avoid hurting him, I kept working the whole time so that I could bring him the photos of the fashion shows. In the final days, I could see tears welling in his eyes. It was an extremely difficult time, terribly hard for me to overcome. I heard people say: 'Armani is no longer himself, he’ll be overwhelmed with grief, he won’t make it on his own...' For this reason, when people offered to take a stake in Giorgio Armani, I answered: 'No, thanks, I can do it alone'

An interview with Giorgio Armani by Corriere Della Sera​

 

[Phuel]

^^^ More interested in his relationship with Lee Radziwill. Their bond just seem so personally genuine and creatively inspiring: Armani the label was never quite the same without her. She remains the Armani muse.

And more interested in his 80s-reign to his 90s-dominance. And that signature 80s Aldo Fallai lens for the look and feel of this yet-to-be-produced Armani series is a must. Of course directed by Tom Ford-- or David Fincher. There can be no other (…although strangely, Tony Scott’s The Hunger has such a strong 80s Armani vibe. And not just in the wardrobe). Don’t they dare allow hacks Ridley Scott or Martin Scorsese near this series/film.

 

[LadyJunon]

 

[rip_ian curtis]

Sounds like what happened when Karl was ill and Virginie took the bow at his last show instead (actually had joined Karl on it already couple times before, signaling that she was to be ”the one”). I predict the same will be done at Armani actually - that design director will be the creative director after Giorgio Armani, steering the company for some years and continuing exactly what Mr. Armani does now. Then, after a few years, when they can’t avoid it any longer, he will be replaced with a big-name designer (like Chanel did with Matthieu) and an era of revamp can begin at Armani.

Figures like Mr. Armani have way too big egos for them to allow a big name take over their companies immediately after their passing or retirement. They are smart enough to know how that would shadow their legacy and highlight how dated their work has been for many years. When they choose their right hand man as the heir they ensure that they are not immediately forgotten and the aesthetic lives on.

 

[Kanzai]

Their are few "alive" designers Giorgio said he's fond of so far in some past interviews: John Galliano, Dries Van Noten, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hedi Slimane, Rick Owens and Pilati iirc.

In the interview with Cathy Horyn in 2014, he did say:

Apparently, he doesn't want to choose someone well-known with their own style, and if he chooses someone from his own staff, "it will become more Armani than Armani. So what do I do?"

He doesn't seem to want Stefano Pilati, a long-rumored successor: “Pilati’s already doing Armani.”

“So the solution is to remain here while I can and create a group of people that I can trust, with one person by my side.”

Fashionista.com

 

[Kanzai]

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