Giorgio Armani

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An exquisitely crafted book exploring the unique vision of Giorgio Armani and the creation of a style that has been a global force in fashion since its founding in Milan in 1975.
Giorgio Armani is a sumptuously illustrated monograph celebrates the 40th anniversary of thefounding of the Giorgio Armani fashion house.

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"If you can't make it to Milan to visit Armani/Silos, the designer's newly opened museum, this book offers something even better: a VIP tour of his 40 years in fashion, conducted by Mr. Armani himself."
-W MAGAZINE

"Chronicling his life from war-stricken beginnings to the building of his clothing empire that soon became known and revered the world round, you can immerse yourself in Armanis world. . .Beyond juicy tidbits previously unknown to the public, the book also takes a look at the slow but steady rise of the Armani Empire."
-VISIONAIRE BLOG

"The images speak for themselves, the stylistic arc of a man whose career, which took off in the late 1970s, captured the loyalty of a rising feminist wave of working women and Hollywood stars of both sexes, and eventually came to rule over an Italian empire recognized all over the globe. . .But more than anything, what emerges is the first real insight into the mind of a man, and it is humanizing."
-VOGUE

Giorgio Armaniis a very beautiful and distinctly no-nonsense book,by and about a designer who spent many years at the very top of the fashion tree simply by ignoring what other designers were doing and following his own aesthetic."
-THE BUSINESS OF FASHION

Author Bio

Award-winning fashion designer Giorgio Armani launched his menswear label in 1975, with his first womenswear collection following a year later. Armanis popularity grew with his costuming of Richard Gere in American Gigolo in 1980. By 2001 he was acclaimedas the most successfuldesigner to come out of Italy, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and apersonal fortune of $8.5 billion as of 2013. He was the first in the world of hautecouture to broadcast his collection live on the internet, in January 2007. Hisdesign work also extends to the Giorgio Armani phone, with Samsung, and stageoutfits for pop superstar Lady Gaga, including those worn on her record breakingMonster Ball Tour and Born This Way Ball Tour. The Armani retail networkencompasses 37 countries.