Everything about Giorgio Armani totally explained
Giorgio Armani (born
11 July,
1934) is an
Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company,
Armani, in 1974, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy, with an annual turnover of $1.691 billion, and a personal fortune of $5 billion.
Early life
Giorgio Armani was born in
Piacenza,
Emilia-Romagna. He originally trained in
medicine, but found his passion in
photography, before being called up for national service in 1957. He then worked in a
department store, La Rinascente, as a
window dresser.
Fashion career
From 1961 to 1970, Armani worked as a designer in well-known fashion house
Nino Cerruti, after which he left to pursue freelance work. In 1974, with his partner Sergio Galeotti, he established
Armani with a menswear label, introducing a womenswear line in 1975. His sister Rosanna Armani joined him in the company; Galeotti died of
AIDS in 1985.
Armani achieved his international breakthrough by tailoring for numerous Hollywood names and especially for
Richard Gere in the title role of
American Gigolo in 1980. In 2001,
Forbes named him the most successful Italian designer, estimating his net worth at $1.7 billion; in giving him the same title five years later, the magazine estimated his fortune had grown to $4.1 billion.
Innovations
Armani was among the first designers to ban models with a
body mass index (BMI) under 18, after model
Ana Carolina Reston starved herself to death due to
anorexia nervosa.
In January 2007 Armani became the first designer to broadcast a haute couture fashion show live on the Internet. The Armani Prive spring/summer 2007 fashion show was broadcast via Microsoft Corporation’s MSN and Cingular cellular phones.
In sport
Giorgio Armani has a keen interest in sport; he's the president of
Olimpia Milano basketball team,, an
Inter Milan fan and has twice designed suits for the England national football team. He has been responsible for the suits worn by
England's
Chelsea FC since August 2007. He designed the ceremonial Italian flag-bearers' outfits at the
2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in
Turin.
Charity work
In 2002 he was appointed a
Goodwill Ambassador for the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Personal Life
Giorgio is said to have a mansion on the little island state of
Antigua and Barbuda.
Notes and references
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