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\"Giorgio
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 25: A model walks the runway at the Giorgio Armani fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week – Spring \/ Summer 2022 on September 25, 2021 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pietro S. D’Aprano\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Milan Fashion Week makes its post-Covid return, it feels as good a time as any to meditate on the changing nature of the Italian fashion industry. The Spring\/Summer 2022 season saw many firsts for MFW: Kim Jones\u2019 first in-person runway show<\/a> as creative director of Fendi womenswear and Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons\u2019 first runway outing<\/a> as co-creative directors of Prada. At Emporio Armani<\/a>\u2014a collection that celebrated the brand\u2019s 40th anniversary\u2014Giorgio Armani took his bow beside his niece, Silvana Armani, effectively affirming her role as the future head of the Armani empire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But with all this exciting newness, Mr. Armani also wanted to pay homage to heritage and history. For Giorgio Armani SS22<\/a> he opted to forgo his usual show location (the Armani Teatro at the brand\u2019s expansive Milanese headquarters), instead inviting an intimate list of attendees to view the show from the basement room of his own home. Granted, it was hardly a quaint living room situation\u2014Armani himself has amassed a net worth of $7.6 billion USD and his sprawling Milanese palazzo is one of many homes\u2014but it spoke to a sense of intimacy that one rarely sees with designers nowadays. Armani is a designer who has been at the top of his game for six consecutive decades, and has established himself as one of the most important and influential designers on the planet. There can be no celebration of the return of Italian fashion if he isn\u2019t at its centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Giorgio
MILANO, ITALY \u2013 SEPTEMBER 25: A model walks the runway during the Giorgio Armani fashion show during Milan Women’s Fashion Week Spring\/Summer 2022 on September 25, 2021 in Milano, Italy. (Photo by Estrop\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As for the clothes, the perpetually sun-kissed Armani took inspiration from the sand and sea, projecting a soft blue seascape as models took to the runway. The opening looks offered subtle modern updates on the traditional uniform of well-to-do Amalfi dwellers: silk scarves tied around the head as bandanas (very Jackie O), soft linen trousers affixed with maritime-style rope belts, cropped white blazers. As the collection progressed we saw soft silk skirts and dresses in fresh aqua hues, draped to mimic the soft lapping of the tides at sunset. Looks were finished with crochet headpieces or lashings of beaded jewellery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The collection was a reminder of the root of Armani\u2019s staying power: a laser-focused obsession with what women actually<\/span> want<\/span><\/i> to wear. \u201cI design for real people,\u201d Armani famously asserted. \u201cThere is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.\u201d But it also hit a slightly more profound nerve too. Watching the show play out felt like the proverbial deep breath in, a moment to relax and meditate on fashion as a force that makes life simpler and\u2014at its best\u2014more glamorous. In these strange times, what more could we ask for?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Giorgio
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 25: A model walks the runway at the Giorgio Armani fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week – Spring \/ Summer 2022 on September 25, 2021 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pietro S. D’Aprano\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Giorgio
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 25: A model walks the runway at the Giorgio Armani fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week – Spring \/ Summer 2022 on September 25, 2021 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pietro S. D’Aprano\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Giorgio
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