Overview

• He died on September 4 at age 91, the Armani Group said, adding that he passed “surrounded by his close ones.”
• In recent months he had withdrawn from Milan’s June menswear shows for health reasons and missed July’s Armani Privé presentation in Paris.
• Over five decades he reshaped modern tailoring with a fluid, minimalist aesthetic and amplified his reach through cinema and celebrity, notably American Gigolo.
• He built a diversified, privately owned luxury house spanning multiple ready-to-wear lines, fragrances, hotels and interior design, with hundreds of boutiques worldwide and €2.3 billion in 2024 revenue.
• The company stresses continuity and independence, with longtime family involvement, and a public viewing at Milan’s Armani/Teatro is scheduled for September 6–7 before a private funeral.