Overview

• About 6,000 people filed through Armani/Teatro on Saturday to pay respects during the public camera ardente, with orderly lines for citizens and company staff.
• The setting featured hundreds of paper lanterns lit by candles, incense, a Carabinieri honor guard, a portrait with his farewell quote, and piano music by Ludovico Einaudi.
• Longtime deputy and companion Leo Dell'Orco stayed by the coffin greeting mourners, joined by nephew Andrea Camerana and senior executives from the maison.
• High-profile visitors included Mayor Beppe Sala, who proposed inscribing Armani in Milan’s Famedio, alongside Donatella Versace, John Elkann, Gildo Zegna, and cultural figures from film, sport, and design.
• The company said stores will close for mourning, the city of Milan and Pantelleria declared days of mourning, a private funeral is planned, and renewed interest in Armani’s life drew international media to interview his biographer Renata Molho.