Overview
- The Armani Group announced that Armani died peacefully at his home in Milan at age 91, without specifying a medical cause.
- Public viewing is open Sept. 6–7 at the Armani/Teatro, Via Bergognone 59, from 9:00 to 18:00, in line with the company’s plans.
- Milan has set a day of mourning for Monday, when a private funeral is expected, according to local authorities and Italian media.
- Leaders and stars—among them Donatella Versace, Julia Roberts, Rafael Nadal, Victoria Beckham and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni—issued tributes to the designer.
- Recent coverage notes he missed June’s Milan Men’s Fashion Week due to illness and had been hospitalized for a pulmonary infection, while the company and family pledge to carry on the house he founded in 1975, a business reporting about €2.3 billion in annual revenue.