Armani, Giorgio

Armani, Giorgio	Gender: M
born on	11 July 1934 at 07:20 (= 07:20 AM )
Place	Piacenza, Italy, 45n01, 9e40
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
	Rodden Rating AA
	Collector: Bordoni
Astrology data	18°15' 13°23 Asc. 17°03'

Giorgio Armani,
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Giorgio Armani
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Biography

Italian fashion designer and award winning top star who created his "Armani" fashion empire in 15 years. As a youth, he first studied medicine then became an assistant menswear buyer and fashion coordinator in Milan. He worked for eight years as a designer for Cerutti before going freelance. He opened his own house in Milan in 1975, the president and founder of Giorgio Armani Corp. and Boutiques. With Machiavellian style business tactics he made a fortune, basking in celebrity. By 2001, Armani had achieved widespread acclaim as the most successful designer of Italian origin, and he was widely credited with pioneering red carpet fashion.

Armani was raised during war time in the industrial city of Piacenza, a frequent target for air raids. One day when he was nine and his sister, four, a schoolmate found a smoke grenade and wanted to show it to him. The subsequent explosion killed his friend and burned Giorgio from head to foot. He spent 40 days in hospital in excruciating pain. He also remembered the pleasure of having chicken for dinner after months without.

He served in a hospital during the War. In 1949, his family moved to Milan where he studied medicine, then got a job in a department store setting up displays. When he met ten-year-younger Sergio Galeotti in 1966, he found a friend and partner for both business and his life. They opened a small office from which he marketed his garments. From 1974, he began to represent with emerging Italian fashion industry, along with Versace, becoming a household name in the following 20 years.

In 1979 he openly declared his bi-sexuality. His partner, Sergio, died of AIDS in 1985. He not only lost his friend and lover of nearly 20 years but had to take over the financial and legal aspects of his business. Armani later described his inability to prevent Galeotti's death as the greatest failure of his career.

In early October 1994, Italian investigators charged him with bribing tax officials with as much as $100,000 to look the other way at income-tax time. He pleaded guilty on 10 May 1996, was given a nine month suspended sentence, and fined $64,000.

In September 2000, Armani was slapped with a $10 million lawsuit by Bonnie Solomon, a former advertising director, on sexual harassment charges. It was ruled by a judge that Armani may have to stand trial.

In the fall of 2001 he added to a retail empire that already spanned more than 200 outlets in 33 countries by opening new Casa Armani home-design stores in Los Angeles and New York, and mega stores next year in Hong Kong and London. Where other fashion houses were selling or consolidating, he was expanding. He had accumulated some $800 million that allowed him to make such a bold move.

In 2007, Armani became the first designer to ban models with a body mass index (BMI) under 18, after model Ana Carolina Reston starved herself to death due to anorexia nervosa.

In 2019, he introduced his first fine jewellery collection during Haute Couture Week in Paris. The 2022 "Josephine" collection, inspired by Joséphine de Beauharnais, incorporated paisley motifs with chalcedony and grey diamonds. His fine jewellery has since been worn by celebrities, including Sophia Loren, Brie Larson, and Brooke Shields, at high-profile events. Armani designed many stage outfits for pop superstar Lady Gaga, including those worn on her record-breaking Monster Ball Tour and Born This Way Ball Tour.

Giorgio Armani died at his home in Milan on 4 September 2025 at the age of 91. At that time, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$12.1 billion.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

business associate/partner relationship with Del Vecchio, Leonardo (born 22 May 1935)

friend relationship with Clapton, Eric (born 30 March 1945)

spousal equivalent relationship with Galeotti, Sergio (born 26 July 1945). Notes: Close personal relationship, 1966-1985

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Events

Health : Accident (Non-fatal) 1944 (Age nine, burned by a bomb explosion)

Work : Start Business 24 July 1975 (Founded Giorgio Armani S.p.A)
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Social : Secrets revealed 1979 (Came out publicly as bisexual)

Death of Significant person 14 August 1985 (Partner and lover, Sergio Galeotti, AIDS, age 40)
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Financial Crime Perpetration October 1994 (Bribery of tax officials)
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Financial Crime Perpetration May 1996 (Pleaded guilty to income tax evasion)
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Crime : Law suit September 2000 (Sexual harassment lawsuit served)
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Death, Cause unspecified 4 September 2025 (Age 91)
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Source Notes

Bordoni quotes B.C.

Same data in Didier Geslain archive, 'a' pdf file, p. 116.

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