Iconic designer Giorgio Armani
closed off the Milan menswear fashion shows on Tuesday with a
runway collection that highlighted the natural and elegant side
of masculinity.
"A man has to work and to do so he has to be dressed in a
specific way, it's not like he can go to an important meeting in
a bomber jacket...let's give the right space to fashion in the
context of life, let's not make men become quite ridiculous," he
said.
"There is an unnecessary confusion, one needs to be
discerning. Fashion is not needed to send messages that have no
sense, this is the true meaning of classic Milanese fashion," he
said.
He said Milan was the city most adapted for "maintaining a
different style, made up of things that can be seen on the
street, the place where one comes to buy a creativity that keeps
in mind service to the public, to industry, and to Italy," he
said.
His collection included natural styles such as jackets that
resembled shirts, a touch of Pompeii-red that cuts through more
uniform neutral colours, and unusually baggy trousers.
The show, attended by American actor Kevin Spacey and
popstar Ricky Martin, presented a natural-looking man who walks
with his hands in his pockets and a straw hat on his head.
Armani also said he was tired of being the only designer to
put on a catwalk show on the last day of Milan's menswear
Fashion Week.
"I walk the runway last on my own, but it doesn't have to
be me at all costs," Armani said after his show, the only one on
the agenda for Tuesday, the last day of Milan Fashion Week.
"The chamber of fashion should do more," he said, urging
the organisation whose role is to promote Italian fashion to set
up the conditions for him to be part of a group of designers so
that the sector can boost its profile and turnover.
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