Giorgio Armani, Billionaire Designer Who Redefined Italian Elegance, Dies at 91

 

Italian fashion designer and billionaire brand owner Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91. His company Armani expanded from fashion into an empire spanning beauty, fragrance, music, sport and even luxury hotels, bringing in more than 2 billion Euros a year. The fashion house announced his passing in a post on Instagram. Considered a stalwart of Milan ready-to-wear who revolutionised fashion with unstructured looks, Armani was the archetype of Italian style and elegance.