The Italian stylist contained only regret of his life
The Italian designer Giorgio Armani spoke of the succession plan of his brand and revealed the only regret of his life in an interview with the British newspaper “Financial Times”, a week before dying.
Considered an icon of world fashion and founder of a real empire, Armani, who had no children, died on Thursday (4), at the age of 91, and was the only shareholder of the company that he founded with his deceased partner Sergio Galeotti in 1975.
Last year, the stylist’s net revenues reached 2.3 billion euros.
“My succession plans consist of a gradual transfer of the functions of responsibility that I have always dealt with those who are getting closer to me, such as Lell’Orco, members of my family and the whole team,” he said.
Armani referred to the Ogon designer, his partner, who is currently head of the male design. In addition to him, it is assumed that the succession will also include his sister, Rosanna, as well as three other family members: grandchildren Silvana, Roberta and Andrea Camerana.
“I would like the succession to be organic and not a moment of breakage,” he added, remembering that he has created a lifestyle that “would define as a world of natural sophistication, in which nothing is exaggerated, but everything finds a balance that, although whispered, is rich in personality”.
In the interview published a week before her death, Armani also reflected on his life and said that his “biggest weakness is to have control over everything”.
The designer was listened to at his house in Milan, where he recovered from a disease that forced him to lose the last three fashion shows he had organized in June and July.
“I supervised all the aspects of the parade remotely through video conferences, from evidence to the sequence and makeup. Everything you see was done under my direction and has my approval”, he assured, before stressing that his great strength was “the ability to believe in my ideas and in determination, sometimes stubborn, to carry them on”.
Armani should be present at the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Maison, scheduled for the Milan fashion week, at the end of September, where he would have inaugurated an exhibition at Pinacoteca di Brera, the first fashion tail museum.
“Although my mentality is very far from the occasionally frantic volatility of fashion, I don’t like the idea of being labeled Antimoda,” continued the designer.
According to him, however, his position is where the style prevails over the passage of trends that change without reason “.
“If what I created 50 years ago is still appreciated by an audience that had not even been born at that moment, this is the biggest reward,” he underlined.
Finally, the world fashion icon stressed that his goal was at the beginning at the beginning was to affirm his vision and dress people. “In a sense, the idea remains the same to date. I don’t know if it would use the word” work maniac “, but hard work is certainly essential for success”, he concluded, revealing that his only “regret in life was spending many hours to work and little time with friends and family”. .
Source: Terra
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