The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today with 4,600 direct employees and 13 factories. It designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products.  

Armani's Tailored clothing, dresses, sportswear, evening wear and accessories are made from the world's most exquisite fabrics and produced to the highest standards.

Armani's film industry connections have benefited him since he dressed Richard Gere in the movie "American Gigolo", gaining instant fame as a designer of casually sexy suits 

Giorgio Armani S.p.A. was founded in Milan on July 24th, 1975 by Sergio Galeotti and Giorgio Armani - the company's current President, Chief Executive Officer and sole shareholder - and later that year, the first Giorgio Armani Borgonuovo 21 ready-to-wear collection (S/S 1976) was presented.

In the early 80s Giorgio Armani S.p.A. established an important licence agreement with L'Oreal (formerly H.Rubinstein) for fragrances and also launched the Emporio Armani and Armani Jeans collections. In the same period Giorgio Armani S.p.A. opened the first Emporio Armani store (Milan) followed the next year with the opening of the first Giorgio Armani boutique (Milan).

In 1999, a new Accessories Division was created including a first e-commerce presence with www.armaniexchange.com in the United States.

Giorgio Armani S.p.A. and EMAAR Properties PJSC signed a Letter of Intent for the establishment of an innovative worldwide collection of 'Armani luxury hotels and resorts'.

Giorgio Armani opens Armani/Three on the Bund in Shanghai, the fourth multibrand store including Giorgio Armani boutique, Emporio Armani, Emporio Armani Caffè, Armani Fiori and Armani Dolci areas.

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