1934 Giorgio
Armani was born in Piacanza, Italy, an industrial town about 20 miles south of
Milan. He was the son of Marie and Ugo Armani. His father was a transport
manager for a shipping company. His mother made all the family's clothes. The
family traces some Austrian ancestry..
He studied medicine at the University of Bologna from 1952 to 1953. Then he studied photography.
Armani joined the Military service from 1953 to 1954.
1954 His first job was as a window dresser in the La Rinascente departmental store, in Milan. After working some time, he found that his window arrangements were too radical for his superiors, so they moved him to the purchasing department, where he learnt how to select fabrics. He became Junior Buyer.
1964 He left La Rinascente and joined Nino Cerruti where he worked as a designer for his menswear company Hitman.
197O Armani started a company with his friend Sergio Galeotti, who was an architectural draftsman. For five years, they freelanced with various manufacturers and designed for others. He made womens clothes for Tendresse, mannish coats for Gibo, a ready-to-wear house in Florence and also made two menswear collections for Emanuel Ungaro, from whom he learned the good cutting technques he needed.
1974 Giorgio held the first show in his own name.
1975 Giorgio Armani launched his own label with the founding of the Giorgio Armani Company. He also started ready-to-wear and Armani Junior, his children's line. In these days he drove a blue Porsche car.
1979 He started his Mani collection of less expensive wear for women and and Le Collezione collection for men. In this year, he also designed clothes for Richard Gere In the movie "American Gigolo" and received the Neiman Marcus Award.
1981 Giorgio Armani opened his Emporio Armani line. He started his Armani Jeans line. He also started his first Armani Express Restaurant, Which he later branched out into many others.
On April 5th
1982, Giorgio was on the cover of Time Magazine. He was the first Italian
designer to be so honoured, and only the second after Dior. Armani started his
Fragrance Company, and introduced the perfumes :
ARMANI LE PERFUME
ARMANI EAU POUR HOMME.
1983 He received the CFDA International Award
1987 Giorgi
Armani opened his Armani Occhiali his Eye Wear line.
1991 Armani launched his A/X (Armani Exchange) Line of Jeans and T-shirts.
1994 Introduced his ski-wear line. Armani was the tailor to Donald Duck, at his 60th birthday celebrations at Disney Land.
1995 Giorgio Armani found his London store too small, and so he replaced it with premises more than 3 times the size.
1996 Armani Neve (Snow) line for Winter sportsmen And his Golf and Classico lines.
In 2000 Armani
launched his Cosmetics Line
Perfume & Cologne by GIORGIO ARMANI Designer
Acqua Di Gio Perfume for Women Acqua Di Gio Cologne for Men
Gio Perfume for Women Armani Cologne for Men
Emporio Armani Perfume for Women Emporio Armani Cologne for Men
Sensi Perfume for Women Mania Cologne for Men
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