Emporio Armani

Giorgio Armani is the president and Chief Executive of Giorgio Armani S.p.A., one of the leading fashion and lifestyle design houses.

Mr. Armani’s philosophy of fashion and style together with his entrepreneurial ability have been central to the succes of Giorgio Armani S.p.A. He oversees both the strategic direction and all aspects of design and creativity. Perhaps best known for revolutionising fashion with unstructured jackets in the eighties, he has over 30 years of designing developed a staple of collections.

Giorgio Armani grew up with his sister and brother in the northern italian town Piacenza. In 1957, following two years of study in medicine at the University of Piacenza, Giorgio Armani decided to leave in order to pursue his interest in fashion accepting a job as merchandiser at the Renascente department store.

Thereafter, Mr. Armani worked as a fashion designer for Nini Cerruti, and then as a freelance designer for various companies, all resulting in an exeptionally rich and varied evoloution of his style. After several years as a freelance designer Mr. Armani devoted his energy to his own label.

Mr. Armani and his partner Sergio Galeotti founded Giorgio Armani S.p.A on July 24, 1975, and launched a men's and women's ready-to-wear line.