Overview

• Two days of lying in state at the Armani Theatre concluded Sunday as long lines of employees, clients and fans filed past the designer’s coffin.
• Prominent mourners included Donatella Versace, John Elkann, Paolo Maldini, Giovanni Malagò, Mario Monti and Matteo Renzi, alongside thousands of ordinary visitors.
• Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala hailed Armani’s influence on the city, and local authorities designated the funeral day as a day of mourning.
• The fashion house said he worked until the end, with a 50th‑anniversary Giorgio Armani runway show set to close Milan Fashion Week later this month.
• No official cause of death has been disclosed, and with no children, longer‑term leadership plans for the Armani Group remain to be clarified by family and trusted lieutenants.