A sentimental Giorgio Armani held his latest “one night only” event in Venice on Saturday night with a star-studded front row seat. There is currently a strike going on in Hollywood, with many stars absent from the Venice film festival.
Sophia Loren, Jessica Chastain, Benicio Del Toro, bridgerton Star and Armani ambassador Regé-Jean Page, Oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh and singer Jacques Savoretti appear inside the Arsenale’s huge red brick warehouse, once used to build Armani’s wooden warships. I witnessed Armani Prive’s haute couture collection unveiled at The famous Venetian fleet.
A cast of 65 models walked the silver and gold harlequin-print catwalk wearing re-edited versions of Armani Prive’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection.
The diamond-shaped clown shape appears throughout the show on sequined columns, sherbet-colored tanks, and tunics that mimic the colors of the Doge’s Palace. His diamond-shaped tulle choker expressed his love for the city’s big parties, and in one brave moment Armani’s famous portrait mosaic reappeared at the top of his style. Additionally, the designer broke new ground with a stunning draped tulle dress featuring mint green and Adriatic blue in shades of Murano glass.
The night before, Giorgio hosted a cocktail aboard his 65-metre high-tech superyacht, Main (pronounced “Meen”). A gigantic midnight blue ship, it’s the latest expression of Armani’s sophisticated minimalism. He takes great care of his yachts, so much so that all of his guests had to wear midnight blue slippers while on board. These items provided by Armani quickly became his collector’s items.
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro also visited and presented the designer with a Murano glass-winged lion, the symbol of the lagoon city.
“I was very moved by the city’s initiative. Even though the statue was not made of gold, I was still very happy,” Armani jokingly said at an emotional pre-show conference in Italian.
In a real sense, Armani has become much more than just being an iconic fashion designer. The wider Italian public, and indeed a worldwide audience, treats Giorgio like the president of Italian style and flair. His longevity marked his 89th birthday in July, but his complete independence and incredible dedication to creation made him a sacred figure. In the future, when people write a new history of Italy, Armani will be listed alongside Galileo, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Columbus, and rightly so. In addition to his fashion empire, hundreds of stores, his Casa Armani skyscraper, and a huge perfume business, his aesthetic has had more influence over the past half-century than any other living designer. . In the era of style, he is the governor of design.
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Throughout the weekend, hundreds of fans crowded around the River Main, including an 85-year-old woman who begged Giorgio to come to the docks.
“When I got off the boat and she took a picture with me, this woman got very emotional and started crying,” Armani said through tears.
When Armani first unveiled this Venetian-inspired collection during the Paris haute couture season in January, it decided to stage a one-night show in Venice.
“We took the idea of a clown in the intimacy of Paris and brought it into this much larger space, capturing the spirit of the city,” he explained.
Saturday’s event was the seventh one-night event, following in London, Tokyo, Beijing, Rome, Paris and Dubai. Beyoncé performed at the first event. Roisin Murphy sang beautifully in Venice.
Ultimately, the show expressed an elegant idea of precision and attention to detail that perhaps no longer exists.
Venice, with its Baroque churches, Byzantine influences and rich pageants, seems a long way from Armani’s understated minimalism and famous colorlessness, but the designer insists it’s the perfect setting. Did.
“From the first time I visited, I was knocked out by Venice and all its colors. It is a dreamlike paradise, an overwhelming city with a sense of decadence. Yet it has a certain unique sense of elegance. I give,” said the designer.
Throughout the weekend, Armani seemed to be in control of the city known as La Serenissima, with a number of chic water taxis bearing the Armani “GA” symbol taking guests to the lagoon city. In addition to its own runway show, Armani’s beauty department is a major sponsor of the film festival, hosting a carefully selected dinner on Friday night inside the Guggenheim Museum on the Grand Canal, arguably the most beautiful thoroughfare on the planet. is being held.
Approximately 1,000 guests appeared at Giorgio’s catwalk display on Saturday night, wearing black ties and sitting comfortably on pale gold cushioned seats. The show paid tribute to Armani’s long-standing love of cinema, and featured one dazzling look after another on the red carpet.
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Armani’s association with the Venice Film Festival dates back to 1990, when the documentary had its world premiere. Made in Milan The film was directed by Martin Scorsese. That year, the designer organized another big party in honor of the director at his Leone on the island of Giudecca.
“I was born with movies, going to the movies with my mom and dad when I was little. And I have a lot of respect for directors who make films that touch my heart and my emotions. Last night. , I met Benicio Del Toro for the first time when he came on board his yacht and he hugged me like a brother, because I felt he knew me through my work. , which was very exceptional for me,” said Armani, whose yacht was moored near St. Mark’s Square.
Residual greenhouse gas emissions associated with this event will be generated by the “Sea the Change” and “Societa Agricola” projects aimed at maintaining the ecological balance of the lagoon and restoring its ecosystem and biodiversity. – Offset by supporting environmental projects managed by Blue Valley.
The Armani Group also made a donation to support We Are Here Venice, a non-profit organization conducting research aimed at protecting the lagoon. Provided financial support to Venetian Heritage, which supports the preservation of Venice’s artistic heritage. And Giorgio contributed to the preservation and restoration of the works of this city’s famous Romantic palace, Ca’ His d’Oro, Giorgio’s Franchetti and his Gallery.
The heated atmosphere of the last years of his career was evident at the event, with the famously demanding designer giving a very demonstrative and scathing address to a crowd of Italian editors before the show. .
“I would also like to thank everyone. They have followed me with great interest and love,” Armani said, fighting back tears.
“What does it mean to still be so emotional? It just shows that I’m still alive and that my job is still to create beauty,” he added, then I drank bottled water for a long time.
“It’s just regular vodka,” he laughed, returning to his usual deadpan wit.
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