Leo Dell'Orco

Leo Dell’Orco is head of men’s design for the Giorgio Armani label, co-creative lead of the house along with Silvana Armani, the niece of the late Giorgio Armani. He is also chair of the group’s operations, in charge of manufacturing and supply chain management for global product lines.

His first, solo runway show took place in January 2026, following the death of Giorgio Armani the previous September. With 111 looks, the collection was faithful to the brand's signature menswear aesthetic — fluid tailoring, unstructured jackets and a greige palette.

Dell’Orco met Giorgio Armani in Milan in the 1970s, and formed a creative partnership and personal bond with the designer. In 1977, two years after the fashion house was founded, Dell’Orco joined the company, working in the men’s style office. The pair, closely collaborated over the decades that followed.

Dell’Orco’s responsibilities eventually expanded to include the men’s style across the wider Armani Group, supervising menswear collections for Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Armani Exchange.

Since 2019, he has also served as President of Olimpia Milano, a basketball team in Milan that was acquired by Armani in 2008. In 2021, Giorgio Armani named Dell’Orco as his principal design successor, entrusted with leading the house’s creative future. Dell’Orco was appointed in November 2025 to chair the board of the Giorgio Armani company, a position from which he is carrying out the house’s succession plan alongside Silvana Armani, Roberta Armani and Andrea Camerana.

In September, they named Dario Vitale creative director of the Emporio Armani line as well as Giorgio Armani accessories, bringing in one of the most hotly watched names in fashion in the first creative shakeup since the Italian label’s founding.