Giorgio Armani -- The Man and his Designer Labels

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A world-renowned Italian fashion designer--known for his suits and for dressing Richard Gere in American Gigolo!

When you think of Giorgio Armani, it's undoubtedly his Italian designer suits that first come to mind.  Who hasn't heard of an Armani suit or the fact that Richard Gere made a fashion-statement in Armani when he starred in American Gigolo?  Armani has epitomized class and style for quite a number of years, but not till I created this lens did I realize just how expansive and diversified his designer labels are.

While he is best known for upscale apparel, Giorgio Armani also licenses its name to manufacturers of perfume, cosmetics, watches, eyewear, jewelry, and accessories.

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The many labels of Giorgio Armani 

  • Armani Cafes, Bars, and Restaurants: Armani also invests in the fine dining industry. Throughout the world, he has 14 Emporio Armani and Armani Jeans cafes. There is also an Armani Bar in Hong Kong and his two new restaurants, NoBu & Prive, are found worldwide.
  • Armani Casa: The high-end home collection by Armani features furniture, lamps, linens, and dining essentials. The Home Collection is expensively priced. For example, the highly acclaimed Tchaikowski Armchair retails at $9,985. Armani Casa is available at its 40 worldwide boutiques and select Neiman Marcus stores.
  • Armani Collezioni: The high end collection line of Giorgio Armani features clothing for men and women geared at the more professional lifestyle. In America, it is available only in high-end department stores and has 13 worldwide boutiques.
  • Armani Cosmetics: The beauty brand by Armani features cosmetics, skin care, perfumes, and colognes. It is available at many department stores worldwide and has very few boutiques.
  • Armani Dolci: A confectionery company.
  • Armani Exchange (A|X): The affordable collection was created in 1991 and is available in its 63 American boutiques & 45 international boutiques.
  • Armani Fiori: A florist company.
  • Armani Jeans: Created in 1981. The second-most inexpensive Armani Line features its denim collection. Other than denim, the brand also creates clothes for men and women. The normal average price of their jeans is around $195. It can be purchased in America at certain Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdales stores. The Armani Jeans label has 30 boutiques in Europe & Asia.
  • Armani Junior: This line that features clothing for children. It can be purchased at its 15 worldwide boutiques and select Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue stores.
  • Armani Libri: He also has a bookshop.
  • Armani Privè: Armani's haute couture line made history being the first haute couture Paris fashion show to be streamed live online. The label is strictly made to wear and not available for purchase in stores but can be ordered and tailored at a very high price.
  • Emporio Armani: A more youthful inspired Armani Line that markets for younger adults. The line is the third-least expensive Armani Brand and can be bought at its 13 American boutiques and over 140 worldwide boutiques, making it the largest distributed Armani brand.
  • Giorgio Armani: The Armani signature label is the most expensive Armani label and is available in its 75 worldwide boutiques.

Giorgio Armani, the Italian fashion designer, at a glance 

http://www.giorgioarmani.com/index.html

Giorgio Armani (born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy,Giorgio Armani Biog with an annual turnover of $1.600 billion, and a personal fortune of $5 billion.

Giorgio Armani interview 

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Fashion editor Gianluca Lo Vetro interviews Giorgio Arnmani about home design at Milano Salone del Mobile 2007

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Giorgio Armani in the news 

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Giorgio Armani, the signature label, at a glance 

http://www.giorgioarmani.com/index.html

The Armani signature label is the most expensive Armani label and is available in its 75 worldwide boutiques.

According to smartbrief.com, annual sales for the Giorgio Armani Corporation was last reported as $106.6 million with 850 employees.

Giorgio Armani Spring 2008 fashion show 

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Giorgio Armani Milan Spring 2008 Ready-to-wear runway show—plus pop-up designer trivia you never knew For more runway coverage visit http://www.elle.com/fashionshows/ For more trend coverage visit http://www.elle.com/archive.asp?section_id=81&article_id=0 Subscribe to the ELLE.com newsletter http://www.elle.com/newsletter

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Giorgio Armani designer dresses 

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Giorgio Armani fragrance videos 


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Giorgio Armani Fall/Winter 2006-2007 Menswear 


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Giorgio Armani designer suits 

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Giorgio Armani informative books from Amazon 

Giorgio Armani (Guggenheim Museum Publications)

From Library Journal: Italian designer Giorgio Armani's label has retained its status for 25 years, and it is still revered by celebrities and celebrity watchers alike. Now Armani has received the ultimate kudos, a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and this luxurious exhibition catalog.

Readers will recall Richard Gere in Armani clothes in American Gigolo (1980), but Armani's importance to men's and women's fashions goes beyond film. His genius of unstructured yet refined luxury in formal wear and sportswear is well documented here in 350 illustrations, mostly by the best fashion photographers, and through insightful essays by over a dozen curators, editors, and fashion historians.

Included is a lengthy interview with the designer and even family photos. The variety of layouts allows this thick book to avoid monotony, but tiny 1" thumbnail photos of celebrities wearing Armani are downright annoying. One can't see any details! Though there is no index, the extensive notes and bibliography enable further research. Recommended for all fashion collections.

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Giorgio Armani

This is an informative and fresh approach to a fashion house that changed the look of the fashion industry.

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Armani Casa at a glance 

http://www.armanicasa.com

The high-end home collection by Armani features furniture, lamps, linens, and dining essentials. The Home Collection is expensively priced. For example, the highly acclaimed Tchaikowski Armchair retails at $9,985. Armani Casa is available at its 40 worldwide boutiques and select Neiman Marcus stores.

Armani Collezioni at a glance 

http://www.armanicollezioni.com/

Giorgio Armani (born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy,Giorgio Armani Biog with an annual turnover of $1.600 billion, and a personal fortune of $5 billion.

Armani Collezioni designer dresses 

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Armani Cosmetics at a glance 

http://www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com

The beauty brand by Armani features cosmetics, skin care, perfumes, and colognes. It is available at many department stores worldwide and has very few boutiques.

Giorgio Armani designer beauty tools 

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Giorgio Armani designer foundation 

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Giorgio Armani designer lipstick 

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Giorgio Armani designer mascara 

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Giorgio Armani designer skincare 

Crema Nera = Fountain of Youth skin-care line

Giorgio Armani's new Crema Nera is thought to capture the Fountain of Youth. For his new skin-care line, launched in September 2007, Armani turned to his Pantelleria vacation home. "It's the only place where my face is transformed," he says of the island sandwiched between Sicily and Tunisia. "For years I visited the thermal baths at Lago Specchio di Venere. The water and mud are renowned for their healing qualities, so I decided to adapt their ingredients for a beauty line."

Crema Nera is a nutrient-packed anti-aging cream that has the same mineral composition-silicon, iron, sodium, and potassium-as the obsidian that was produced by the island's volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago.

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Armani Exchange at a glance 

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Giorgio Armani S.P.A. is an Italian fashion company. The company designs and manufactures products in several categories including fashion accessories, apparel, cosmetics, fragrances, home interiors, jewellery, eyewear and watches under several labels including Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, Armani Jeans, Armani Junior, Armani Exchange, and Armani Casa. End of year sales for 2005 were $1.69 billion.[http://www.hoovers.com/armani/--ID__54529--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml?cm_ven=Biz_Dev&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Free&cm_ite=Factsheet] Hoovers.com

Armani is also planning together with Emaar Properties to launch a chain of luxury hotels and resorts in several big cities including Milan, Paris, New York, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Dubai. The company already operates a range of cafes worldwide, in addition to a bar, restaurant and nightclub.

Armani Exchange designer sunglasses 

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Armani Junior at a glance 

http://www.armanijunior.com/

This line that features clothing for children.

It can be purchased at its 15 worldwide boutiques and select Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

If you are lucky, you might find some Armani Junior designer clothing items on eBay!

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Armani Privè at a glance 

http://www.giorgioarmanibeauty.com/index.html

Armani's haute couture line made history being the first haute couture Paris fashion show to be streamed live online.

The label is strictly made to wear and not available for purchase in stores but can be ordered and tailored at a very high price.

Armani Privé Fall/Winter 2007/2008 

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Armani Privè perfumes PR presentation 

ARMANI / PRIVE perfumes PR presentation

Movie made in 2004 for the press and internal to present the new Armani / Prive perfume with L'Oreal Paris and TCF* CDF* agency. Shot in 16mm. Directed by David Bilowus. Art director: Gilles Scalabre. DOP: Eric Genilliers. http://www.bilowus.com

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Emporio Armani at a glance 

http://www.emporioarmani.com/

Giorgio Armani S.P.A. is an Italian fashion company. The company designs and manufactures products in several categories including fashion accessories, apparel, cosmetics, fragrances, home interiors, jewellery, eyewear and watches under several labels including Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, Armani Jeans, Armani Junior, Armani Exchange, and Armani Casa. End of year sales for 2005 were $1.69 billion.[http://www.hoovers.com/armani/--ID__54529--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml?cm_ven=Biz_Dev&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Free&cm_ite=Factsheet] Hoovers.com

Armani is also planning together with Emaar Properties to launch a chain of luxury hotels and resorts in several big cities including Milan, Paris, New York, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Dubai. The company already operates a range of cafes worldwide, in addition to a bar, restaurant and nightclub.

Emporio Armani designer suits 

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Emporio Armani designer sport coats 

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Emporio Armani Diamonds commercial with Beyoncé Knowles 

Emporio Armani Diamonds Commercial Featuring Beyonce

Diamonds Fragrance is available online now at http://www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com/DIAMONDS The official commercial for Emporio Armani Diamonds fragrance featuring Beyonce. When creating Emporio Armani Diamonds, Giorgio Armani had the Emporio Armani woman in mind; a woman who could be strong, confident, feminine and very sexy, a symbol of the 21st century, someone who is living her life like a fascinating current event. When Giorgio Armani chose the name Diamonds, he meant a symbol of audacity, of sexiness with elegance and desireability, reflecting the sparkle, brilliance and strength of this irresistible stone. Who better than this astonishing actress, brilliant performer, friend of the house, to be the face and voice of the new Emporio Armani fragrance? Diamonds are a girl's best friend and Emporio Armani has a new incomparable best friend. Her name is Beyonce.

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American Gigolo with Richard Gere in Armani 

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BTW ... a bit of controversy over Armaniinternational.net 

Armani International is not a part of the Giorgio Armani many designer trademark labels.

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center: A Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the Center) on April 18, 2000.

The Complainant points out that "he owns several trademarks worldwide known, the Armani Trademarks, as GIORGIO ARMANI, ARMANI and EMPORIO ARMANI. Said trade marks are used for different kinds of goods , such as clothes, glasses, perfumes in many classes with registrations in Europe, United States of America and many international registrations at the WIPO. Provided that Armani International Investment certainly knew at the moment of the registration of the Domain name at issue the importance and the notoriety of all the ARMANI trade marks, the company certainly registered the Domain Name in bad faith to the purpose of taking advantage from an unlawful use of the Modefine world famous trademarks".

Accordingly, pursuant to Paragraphs 4 (i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel requires that the registration of the domain name "Armaniinternational.net" be transferred to the Complainant: GA MODEFINE SA ( Switzerland).

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Evelyn_Saenz wrote...

I first heard of Giorgio Armani in the movie Father of the Bride with Steve Martin. Now I can see what the big deal was. His suits are gorgeous!

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