Giorgio Armani (centre) acknowledges applauses with Leo Dell'Orco and Silvana Armani at the end of his Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2025 collection show in Milan. Photo: Reuters
Giorgio Armani established one of the world's best-known fashion brands over the past five decades, and his death inevitably raises questions about the future of an Italian company whose independence he cherished.
Armani, who died on Thursday (Sept 4) at the age of 91, was the sole major shareholder of the company he set up with his late partner Sergio Galeotti in the 1970s and over which he maintained a tight rein – of both the creative and managerial aspects – until the very end.
