The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
MILAN, Italy — There are collections where Giorgio Armani quests. Then there are those where he rests. In his reflective twilight years, the latter tend to be the most convincing. And so it was with the menswear he showed on Tuesday morning. He called the collection "Neo-Classics," but he knew the classics were all his: the barely structured jackets caressing the torso, the generously proportioned trousers, the lustre of velvet, the palette of sensuous neutrals and the silvery echoes of 1930s movies. And that particular shade of deep Armani blue, which is usually the harbinger of his most successful collections. The "Neo" came with the sportiness: shoes-cum-sneakers, hoodies, a drawstrung easiness.
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