Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

Born: July 11, 1934
in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Giorgio Armani 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, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and a personal fortune of $7 billion as of 2012. Born in northern Italy, Armani originally studied medicine at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart before leaving the field of medicine after working in a hospital during his military service. After leaving the military, Armani started in fashion a window dresser at La Rinascente, a department store in Milan before quickly climbing store ranks. In the mid-1960s, Armani moved to the Nino Cerruti company, for which he designed menswear over the next decade  while also freelancing for up to ten manufacturers.  In 1973, he open a design office in Milan, leading to great personal success and networking among Italy’s fashion elite, leading him to found the Giorgio Armani Spa in Milan with his friend Galeotti, and presenting collections under his own name for the first time.  

In 1979, after founding the Giorgio Armani Corporation, Armani began producing for the United States, where the label became a leading names in international fashion introduced several new product lines. These successes would lead him to numerous commercial deals with notable fashion and beauty houses, such as L’Oreal.  By the early 90s, Armani expanded his talents to cinema, both for personal and financial reasons.  Designing costumes for more than one hundred films, including American Gigolo and The Untouchables, Armani quickly established himself as a go-to designer for Hollywood.  Armani designed made-to-measure suits for Christian Bale's character Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight and subsequent “Giorgio Armani for Bruce Wayne” collections in 2008.  His brand continues to succeed in the new century, with recognition for artistic merits, profitable commercial partnerships, and public work such as designing uniforms for Olympic Athletes.

Movies for Giorgio Armani...

Roxanne Lowit Magic Moments
Title: Roxanne Lowit Magic Moments
Character: Himself
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
The professional life of Roxanne Lowit, one of the greatest fashion photographers and a pioneer of backstage photography, covering her career from 1977 and the Studio 54 until now.
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Anna Piaggi: Fashion Visionary
Title: Anna Piaggi: Fashion Visionary
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 16, 2016
Type: Movie
The world of fashion, between the end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Noughties, had a key character that embodied its spirit and told the tale: journalist Anna Piaggi, living witness of that contamination between art, society and culture that changed fashion and sanctioned its success on a global scale. The daughter of a manager for La Rinascente (Milan's iconic high-end shopping mall whose foundation goes back to 1865), Karl Lagerfeld's muse, "a poet with her clothes" in the words of Bill Cunningham, her life is retraced through interviews with designers (Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Stephen Jones, Manolo Blahnik, and more) together with archival images from four decades of fashion history.
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Mademoiselle C
Title: Mademoiselle C
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.
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Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Title: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Character: Self
Released: May 3, 2013
Type: Movie
It's the most mythic of all American emporiums - and the scene of many an ultimate fashion fantasy. Now audiences get a rarified chance to peek behind the backroom doors and into the reality of the fascinating inner workings and fabulous untold stories from Bergdorf Goodman's iconic history in Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's.
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A Man's Story
Title: A Man's Story
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.
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Valentino: The Last Emperor
Title: Valentino: The Last Emperor
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Film which travels inside the singular world of one of Italy's most famous fashion designers, Valentino Garavani, documenting the colourful and dramatic closing act of his celebrated career and capturing the end of an era in global fashion. However, at the heart of the film is a love story - the unique relationship between Valentino and his business partner and companion of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti. Capturing intimate moments in the lives of two of Italy's richest and most famous men, the film lifts the curtain on the final act of a nearly 50-year reign at the top of the glamorous and fiercely competitive world of fashion. (Storyville)
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Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Title: Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts from colleagues and admirers, including Woody Allen.
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27 Piazza Castello
Title: 27 Piazza Castello
Released: October 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Nine famous photographers from the world of fashion and the new talents of 1998 tackle the upcoming edition of the prestigious magazine Vogue Italia, in and around the majestic cadre of Castle Square, Piazza Castello, No. 27, Turin, Italy.
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Catwalk
Title: Catwalk
Character: Self
Released: December 8, 1995
Type: Movie
A documentary following Christy Turlington and other models during spring fashion week in Milan, Paris and New York.
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Made in Milan
Title: Made in Milan
Character: Giorgio Armani
Released: September 4, 1990
Type: Movie
A short documentary film about fashion designer Giorgio Armani; it shows him preparing for a show and discusses his ideas about fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.