Giorgio Armani to be laid to rest in private funeral

FILE PHOTO: Giorgio Armani looks on, at the presentation of the Emporio Armani Fall/Winter 2024/2025 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo

RIVALTA, Italy (Reuters) -Family and close friends were set to gather in a private funeral on Monday for Giorgio Armani, the legendary Italian fashion designer who died last week at the age of 91.

Armani will be laid to rest next to his parents and older brother in a family chapel in Rivalta, a village about 100 km (62 miles) south-east of Milan and near the city where he was born, Piacenza.