{"id":152920,"date":"2024-10-13T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T11:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/designer-giorgio-armani-90-reveals-when-he-plans-to-retire\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T11:34:12","slug":"designer-giorgio-armani-90-reveals-when-he-plans-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/13\/designer-giorgio-armani-90-reveals-when-he-plans-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Designer Giorgio Armani, 90, reveals when he plans to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Giorgio Armani – the founder of the luxury Italian fashion house which takes his name – says he plans to retire within the next two or three years.<\/p>\n

The 90-year-old, who is Italy<\/strong><\/a>‘s most famous fashion designer, has previously brushed off questions about succession plans for the company.<\/p>\n

He has remained firmly in control of his empire since he founded it nearly 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

But with no children to pass it on to, there has long been speculation about its long-term future.<\/p>\n

Armani told the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera: “I can still give myself two or three years as head of the company. Not more, it would be negative.”<\/p>\n

When pushed on whether he’d stay longer, he said he would not, before adding: “I can’t sleep at night. I no longer know the deep and peaceful sleep I once had. Now I dream at night, and in my dreams, I build my future.”<\/p>\n

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Armani said he sees a work future in which “I no longer have to be the one who says ‘Yes’ or ‘No'”.<\/p>\n

He said he has received “slightly more insistent” approaches from potential outside investors in his company, but added that “for the moment I do not see any openings”.<\/p>\n

Keen to maintain the company’s future independence, he told the Italian newspaper he had “built a kind of structure, a project, a protocol” to govern his succession, but he did not elaborate on specifics.<\/p>\n

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\n Armani on the Cannes red carpet with Jessica Chastain in 2012. Pic: Reuters
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Armani initially studied medicine before quitting and joining the army. Moving on to window dressing and sales, he founded his company in 1975, presenting his first ready-to-wear collections under his own name the following year.<\/p>\n

A celebrity favourite on red carpets, Armani has developed working relationships with various stars over the years, including Richard Gere<\/strong><\/a>, Eric Clapton and Lady Gaga<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Armani’s heirs are expected to include his sister, three other family members who work in the company, his long-term collaborator and partner Pantaleo Dell’Orco and a charitable foundation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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