VENICE, Sept 3 — Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani introduced sparkle and stars to the canal metropolis on Saturday with a “One Night Only” fashion present coinciding with the eightieth Venice Film Festival.
The 89-year-old designer placed on a playful, cinema-inspired present for his celeb friends.
His Armani Prive assortment was constructed round harlequin-patterned couture creations, typically paired with ruffled collars.
Dresses, tops, trousers and headpieces shimmered with sequins. Splashes of vivid blues, greens and pinks had been added to the largely black ensembles, with silhouettes skin-tight or floaty.
A mannequin presents a creation by designer Giorgio Armani. — eNM pic
The Venice Film Festival has lacked its regular star energy this 12 months with many Hollywood A-listers pressured to shun the occasion due to the actors’ strike.
However, Armani, considered one of Italy’s best postwar designers, had no drawback filling the town’s previous armoury with glitz and glamour. Actors Jessica Chastain, Sophia Loren, Sydney Sweeney and Rege-Jean Page and filmmakers Ang Lee and Ava DuVernay had been among the many well-known faces in the entrance row.
Armani’s “One Night Only” fashion spectacles have beforehand been held in cities together with Tokyo, New York, London and Dubai. — eNM
