Giorgio Armani – News of the Week for December 28th
Giorgio Armani is one of the most popular stores at Woodbury Commons Premium Outlet Stores. Giorgio Armani is the quintessential Italian fashion company. The company designs and manufactures products in several categories including fashion accessories, apparel, cosmetics, fragrances, home interiors, jewelry, eyewear and watches.
So, what’s going on at this fashion house? Here is some of the news from the past week:
According to this post on Bloomberg, Giorgio Armani himself says that “he’ll keep control of his fashion company as long as he stays healthy.” That’s good news. I thought this quote about the economy was interesting: “It wasn’t about not having the money,” Armani said. “It’s a psychological issue. Nobody’s shopping. The recession is in full force and everybody in our sector is going to feel it, from Zara to Cartier.” Even the rich are holding back on spending money on designer fashions?
According to this story on Cityfile, Giorgio Armani is “moving ahead with his massive Fifth Avenue flagship, which he says will open on February 18th.” Armani says that opening the large store is “an act of faith toward the Americans and Fifth Avenue shoppers.”
Tony Blair knows how to shop in style! The former Prime Minister got a whole Armani store all by himself to do a little designer clothes shopping.
He spent several thousand pounds on men’s clothing from Armani’s top-of-the-range ‘black label’, including casual trousers and jackets but no suits. Blair is a smart shopper too, he got in on the first day of Armani’s sale and so he picked up items at up to a 50% discount.
The Burj Dubai is now the world’s tallest structure and according to this article Giorgio Armani is selling 144 apartments and penthouses above and below his first branded hotel in the building. That will surely fetch some serious moolah!
This comes from an article in New York Mag:
Giorgio Armani is appearing in ads in Italy to promote Prevention Guides, a new series of health books. The double-page spread depicts a beaming Armani shot against a gray backdrop holding one of the guides and framed by a message in capital letters that reads ‘Love Yourself.’
This guy says “Giorgio Armani is in town and he’s partying like it’s 1999; or in his case, 1959, when the dynamic designer would have been an even more limber 25-year-old.”
And finally, how can we write about Giorgio Armani and not point to this story which has an inspiring photo of the 74-old in a Speedo. Still holding his own!
That’s it for the news at Giorgio Armani this week. See you at Giorgio Armani Woodbury Commons!
