Giorgio Armani has handed away at 91. The style designer, who was famously credited with inventing the idea of dressing celebrities for purple carpets, was surrounded by family members on the time of his passing. From Met Gala purple carpets to runway reveals around the globe, see under for a have a look at Giorgio Armani’s life in photographs.
Sitting together with his canine throughout an interview within the designer’s Milan dwelling on August 2, 1972. Fairchild Archive by way of Getty Photos
Posing for a portrait on January 13, 1973. Leonardo Cendamo
Adjusting fashions for Giorgio Armani Spring 1978 Able to Put on present on October 10, 1977. Penske Media by way of Getty Photos
Posing for a portrait together with his assortment on February 25, 1980. Penske Media by way of Getty Photos
Posing with fashions on March 1, 1982. Corbis by way of Getty Photos
Pictured at work on March 1, 1982. Corbis by way of Getty Photos
Pictured with Naomi Campbell on January 1, 1996 Getty Photos
Pictured with Beyonce Knowles in 2003. Alan Davidson / Shutterstock
Sporting conventional outfit (Hanbok) and posing as a Korean nobleman in Seoul April 2, 2005. AFP by way of Getty Photos
Posing in entrance of fashions after his 2005-06 autumn/winter assortment present in Tokyo, 2005. AFP by way of Getty Photos
Pictured with Leonardo DiCaprio on the launch of Emporio Armani RED assortment in 2006. Getty Photos
Pictured with Penelope and Monica Cruz on February 24, 2007. FilmMagic
On the 2008 Met Gala with Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Getty Photos
Receiving the Legion d’Honour medal; France’s most prestigious award from French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. WireImage
Pictured with Mohammed Alabbar in the course of the opening of the Armani lodge in Dubai in 2010. Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos
Attending a sport between the Boston Celtics and the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano throughout NBA Europe Dwell Tour on the Mediolanum Discussion board on October 7, 2012 in Milan, Italy. NBAE by way of Getty Photos
Seen backstage forward of the Yoshio Kubo / Moto Guo / Consistence present throughout Milan Males’s Vogue Week on January 17, 2017. Getty Photos
Strolling the runway in the course of the finale of the Giorgio Armani Prive Spring Summer time 2019. Getty Photos
Waving to the group on the Giorgio Armani style present in the course of the Milan Males’s Vogue Week Spring/Summer time 2020 in 2019. Getty Photos
Cate Blanchett presents him with the Excellent Achievement award on the Vogue Awards on December 2, 2019 Getty Photos
Pictured throughout a seaside trip on July 24, 2019. BACKGRID
Pictured on the catwalk with Leo Dell’orco on June 21, 2021 / Shutterstock
Strolling the runway in the course of the Giorgio Armani “One Evening Solely Dubai” style present on the Armani Lodge Dubai on October 26, 2021. Getty Photos
Chatting with the group in the course of the Giorgio Armani Honorary Diploma Ceremony at Teatro Municipale di Piacenza on Might 11, 2023. Getty Photos
Strolling out to the viewers on the finish of the Armani Males’s Spring – Summer time 2024 present in 2023. AFP by way of Getty Photos
Smiling in the course of the applause with Latvian mannequin Agnes Zogla sfter his presentation for Armani Prive in the course of the Ladies’s Haute-Couture Spring/Summer time 2025 Vogue Week to mark its twentieth anniversary, in Paris on January 28, 2025. AFP by way of Getty Photos
Walks out on the finish of the Womenswear Autumn-Winter 2025 Milan Vogue Week in Milan on March 2, 2025. AFP by way of Getty Photos
His final public look at Ea7 Emporio Armani Milano Vs FC Barcelona, Basketball Euroleague Match In Milan, Italy, March 27 2025. Simone Lucarelli/IPA Sport/ipa-agency.internet / Shutterstock