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Private Funeral Held for Giorgio Armani in Rivalta

The tightly guarded service in his childhood region offered a local farewell that contrasted with the huge Milan turnout over the weekend.

Inside the small San Martino church where the designer's private funeral will be held.
Italian designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges the applause at the end of his presentation for Armani Prive during the Women's Haute-Couture Spring/Summer 2025 Fashion Week to mark its 20th anniversary, in Paris on January 28, 2025. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)
Rossana Armani, center, leaves at the end of her brother, designer Giorgio Armani's funeral at the San Martino church in the small historic village of Rivalta, some 15 kilometers south of Piacenza, northern Italy, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A photo shows a general view of the Church of San Martino before the funeral of late Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani

Overview

  • Close friends and family gathered at the 14th-century San Martino church in Rivalta for a strictly private ceremony as local residents lined the route and tossed white rose petals.
  • Armani stores closed on Monday afternoon as a mark of respect, and officials declared a day of mourning in both Piacenza and Milan.
  • Across Saturday and Sunday, roughly 15,000 to 16,000 people visited Armani Teatro at the brand’s Milan headquarters to pay their respects.
  • Reports differ on final rites, with a local heritage group indicating burial in the family chapel in Rivalta and Corriere della Sera reporting cremation with ashes to be laid to rest on Wednesday.
  • Notable figures joined public mourners in Milan over the weekend, while the funeral itself remained small and tightly controlled in the village where Armani’s parents are buried.