The burial of the designer’s body will take place this Monday in Piacenza
About 16,000 people participated in the funeral of the designer Giorgio Armani, who took place this weekend. Already the funeral will be held on Monday (8), in a private ceremony, in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italia, home of the fashion icon.
Saturday (6), 6,000 visitors said goodbye to Armani in his theater in Milan, which today received more than 10,000 people, including celebrities of fashion, sports, culture, institutions, but also from the normal public.
The designer will rest next to his parents and brother in the small cemetery of Rivalta in Piacenza. The funeral will be held in the afternoon in the local hour and will be destined only for family and close friends.
Sunday the Armani group reported in a declaration that the shops and the company’s website “will be closed from 3 pm (10 from Brasilia), because of the funeral” of its founder “, taking up the activities on Tuesday (9)”.
“Tomorrow Rivalta will be isolated for security reasons and to guarantee the privacy of the funeral,” said the Duching of the Parma Casles Association, Piacenza and Pontremoli, of the Count Oraizio Zanardi Landi, in a note.
The designer used to visit the small medieval village to visit his mother’s tomb, but also to eat “Tortelli with the tail” in Locanda del Falco.
“Armani returns to his homeland, Piacenza, with a huge declaration of love for his province and the stones of the Trebbia river that gave rise to the unmistakable, refined, elegant and timeless Armani Greige”, adds the note of the association, which requires “tourists and visitors to show understanding and maximum respect during the central hours of September 8”, when the funeral takes place.
The Italian designer, celebrated all over the world, died last Thursday (4) at the age of 91.
Source: Terra
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