January 7th, 2009
Giorgio Armani has unveiled his vision for his latest store: « Massive » can’t even begin to describe the 43,000 square-foot space that will house all of the designer’s collections - from the mainline Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani ranges to Armani Casa and Armani Jeans.
Set along New York’s trend setting Fifth Avenue, the space, which formerly housed Hugo Boss, will give its customers a “total experience” that will include an in –house restaurant.
Armani himself was actively involved in the design, which was realised by architects Doriana and Massimilano Fukas - the creative minds behind the brand’s Chater House and Ginza Tower concept stores in Hong Kong and Tokyo respectively.
December 15th, 2008
Giorgio Armani explored a merger with French luxury group Hermes but without success, the Italian designer told Bloomberg, adding he planned to keep control of his fashion empire as long as he stays healthy.
Mr. Armani, who is in his 70s and one of Milan’s long-established names, was quoted in an interview with the news agency as saying a merger with Hermes would have united the companies’ strengths in clothes and accessories.
“(A deal) could have been something fantastic,” Mr. Armani said in the interview published on Friday. “Hermes has such class, such prestige.”
November 12th, 2008
Twenty years have passed since Giorgio Armani launched his first line of eyewear. In order to celebrate this event Armani Eyewear is releasing an updated and limited version of one of their original styles and placed it inside a palladium frame with green lenses. the Italian designer has meaningfully called them the Anniversary Exclusive Edition.
Each pair is engraved with its edition number of 0001 - 1000 on the inside by the temple and comes in a specially marked “Anniversary Editon” Neiman Marcus case. $1000
October 13th, 2008
Columbian designer Miguel Caballero has developed a range of clothing tagged “high-security fashion”, which incorporates an ultra-lightweight bullet-proof fabric that is virtually indistinguishable from regular designer clothing.
A $12,000 anti-ballistic polo shirt has been developed as part of his “Black Collection” line and is available now from Harrod’s of London.
The polo-shirt is able to resist bullet-fire ranging from a 9mm pistol to an Uzi submachine gun, which is really impressive.
August 5th, 2008
Samsung Electronics and Giorgio Armani have partnered to release the first 46 - and 52-inch full HD TV Armani / PAVV TV in the Korean market.
Providing both Armani’s elegant design and Samsung’s cutting edge technology, the Armani/PAVV TV was first unveiled at I Saloni 2008, Milan international furniture show.
The Armani / TV PAVV supports DNIePro (Digital Natural Image engine +) chipset, WiseLink, InfoLink and 120Hz Auto Plus Motion technologies.
The luxury LCD TV will come in 46 inch for 6,990,000 Korean won ($7,000) and 52 inch for 8,690,000 Korean won ($8,750).
March 14th, 2008
GIORGIO ARMANI is among the designers who will be launching limited edition watches to celebrate the opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 later this month. Designed exclusively for the launch, the designer is unveiling three new designs that will be sold at the terminal’s World Duty Free store.
The designs, which include an Emporio Armani Gentleman’s stainless steel watch and two Emporio Armani ladies watches, will sit alongside five new watches from Burberry Endurance and Michael Kors, as well as designsfrom Breil, Sekonda, Toy Watch and Casio G-shock.
