For the primary time in his five-decade profession, Giorgio Armani is not going to take his ultimate bow at Milan Trend Week, because the 90-year-old designer recovers at house following a quick hospital keep.
His eponymous trend home, which was based by the “residing legend” in 1975, confirmed that the Spring/Summer season 2026 reveals will go forward in his absence. Lengthy-time collaborator and Menswear Director Leo Dell’Orco took the closing bow on the runway on Saturday and is anticipated to do the identical immediately.
Though not bodily current, Armani is claimed to be following “each section of the reveals” remotely, having labored together with his “typical dedication” on the upcoming collections. He’s anticipated to attend the label’s upcoming reveals in Paris in July, because the model prepares to mark its fiftieth anniversary alongside Armani’s 91st birthday.
The absence of the style legend has sparked concern from followers throughout social media, with feedback resembling “Lengthy stay Giorgio Armani” and “Hope he’s alright” flooding Instagram posts. His absence, uncommon in an trade the place the designer has change into a relentless, has prompted recent hypothesis about the way forward for the privately owned trend empire.
Armani has lengthy maintained an intense work ethic. Nevertheless, this isn’t the primary time the designer’s well being has brought on pause. In 2021, he was hospitalised after a fall on the theatre left him with a fractured arm and 17 stitches. That very same 12 months, he returned to the runway with a visual scar – a nod to his resilience.
Whereas Armani has given no indication that he’s stepping down, he has beforehand acknowledged the significance of succession planning. “I’m making ready my future with the folks round me,” he instructed the Related Press in 2021.Leo Dell’Orco and his niece Silvana Armani are positioned as his potential successors.
