The Italian fashion designer and billionaire brand owner Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91.
He was the archetype of Italian style and elegance, reimagining men’s and women’s suits for a modern audience.
Armani, which began as a fashion company, expanded into music, sport and even luxury hotels.
He was also a revered businessman, with his company bringing in more than £2bn a year.
In a statement on the brand’s Instagram page, it said Armani ” worked until his final days, dedicating himself to the company, the collections and the many ongoing future projects”.
It added that he was “indefatigable to the end”.
Born in a pre-war era of rigid traditions and styles, his creations followed – and helped make possible – increasing social fluidity in the latter half of the 20th Century.
Chiefly, he will be remembered for reinventing the suit – feminising it for men and popularising it for women.
Armani took away the restrictions and confinements of stiffer styles that went before him – making men feel sophisticated and women empowered in the workplace.
Newspapers hailed him the “first post-modern designer”.
In many ways, he was a revolutionary.
Giorgio Armani was born in Piacenza, northern Italy, on 11 July 1934.
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