Giorgio Armani
At Paris Couture, Opulent Realism
The couture week that closed Thursday was all about technique over image, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Haute Couture Gets Real. Or Does It?
A couple of days in Paris paraded some fabulous solutions to those perennial questions.
Introducing The BoF Brand Magic Index
BoF Insights and Quilt.AI co-created The BoF Brand Magic Index to examine if customers see a brand the same way a brand sees itself. The Index quantifies and ranks 50 global luxury and fashion labels using AI-driven analysis of tens of thousands of social media posts by brands and their customers.
Milan Fashion Week Trades Gen-Z for Grown-Up
The week of shows that ended on Sunday was an exercise in multiplicity, strictness and seduction, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Haute Couture Covers a Curiously Broad Waterfront
The grand old names Dior, Chanel and Armani have very different ideas about dressing the most demanding clients in fashion.
Giorgio Armani: Lion in Winter
Fashion’s most successful designer is finally in touch with his tender side after a career driven by perpetual dissatisfaction. In an exclusive interview, he looks back on his life and addresses the mysteries of his succession plan.
Calm vs Chaos: Milan Embraces Worlds Apart
Giorgio Armani and Matty Bovan couldn’t be more different, but both propose a union of reality and fantasy, writes Tim Blanks.
Armani Returns to Profitability, Trading Above Pre-Pandemic Levels
The closely-held Italian fashion giant reported consolidated revenues of over €2 billion for 2021, meeting its rebound target a year earlier than owner and CEO Giorgio Armani had forecast.
In Search of Modern Couture
Tradition coursed through the veins of Paris couture week with few outliers, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
At Couture, the Murmuring 30s
The first days of the Paris couture shows offered subliminal reflections of other times and places when things were just as bad as they are now, writes Tim Blanks.