Thursday 04 / September / 2025
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91, his company said.
The Piacenza native founded the Milan-based luxury fashion company of the same name in 1975.
Armani's trademark stylish suits were known for combing comfort with elegance.
Who was Giorgio Armani?
Armani founded his company alongside late partner Sergio Galeotti, who died in 1985.The fashion house said that the designer died in his home surrounded by his loved ones.
The business generated some €2.3 billion in revenue in 2024.
Armani was the sole major shareholder of the firm and had no children to inherit it.
His fashion empire is worth over $10 billion (over €8.59 billion), which had placed him among the world's top 200 billionaires, according to US business magazine Forbes.
Armani was born in 1934 in Piacenza in northern Italy's Emilia region and moved to Milan after World War II.
In 2024, Armani told Italian daily Corriere della Sera that he wasn't planning to retire and would like to lead his company for a couple more years.
World has 'lost a giant'
Donatella Versace, a fashion designer and board member of the Versace fashion house, expressed her sorrow at Armani's death.
"The world has lost a giant today. He made history and will be remembered forever," Versace, who is also the sister of fashion house founder Gianni Versace, said.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hailed the late designer's elegance and creativity, referring to him as an "icon."
"Giorgio Armani leaves us at the age of 91. With his elegance, sobriety and creativity, he was able to bring luster to Italian fashion and inspire the entire world," she said.
"An icon, a tireless worker, a symbol of the best of Italy. Thank you for everything."
Armani's employees and family said in a statement that his passing had left a "void."
"In this company, we have always felt like part of a family. Today, with deep emotion, we feel the void left by the one who
founded and nurtured this family with vision, passion, and dedication," the statement read.
"But it is precisely in his spirit that we, the employees and the family members who have always worked alongside Mr.
Armani, commit to protecting what he built and to carrying his company forward in his memory, with respect, responsibility, and love."
