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Giorgio Armani

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Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

Armani’s work established a new syntax for elegance: one based on removal, not addition. It reached executives, actors, and diplomats—not youth movements or subcultures. It displaced the stiff formality of Savile Row and the flamboyance of Italian couture alike. It did not invent minimalism—but it proved minimalism could sell, scale, and signify.