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War taught me that not everything is glamorous.

Giorgio Armani

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Giorgio Armani
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: July 11
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Glamorous
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War
Everything

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I know that people who have been closely involved with my work for many years are terrified of having to answer to someone else, someone who is not me, and that it won't be me to help them in their problems. This is my real problem.
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I've tried to find a new elegance. It's not easy because people want to be shocked. They want explosive fashion. But explosions don't last, they disappear immediately and leave nothing but ashes.
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Of course, the muscular build of athletes is always a challenge for a designer, but my clothing's softness and comfort, which are central aspects of my stylistic vision, allow it to adapt to various physical builds effortlessly.
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Luxury is obviously the direction that interests me the most, but there is a lot of confusion between luxury and exhibitionism. For me, the concept of luxury is more traditional, more exclusive, more sophisticated than luxury for the masses.
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It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way.
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When I go on my boat or to my vacation houses, where I still unfortunately spend very little time, I don't go with the celebrities I know but with a close group of friends and people who have worked with me for a long time.
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The confident artist is a fool.
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I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.
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Italy is not widely thought of as a pioneer of youth culture in the way, say, the UK is.
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You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen and then I decide. That's how it works.
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Style is having the courage of one's choices and the courage to say no. It's good taste and culture.
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Youth culture adopts Armani and adapts it in its own way, as befits youthful enthusiasm.
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I didn't have a happy childhood.
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My success was also owed to career women who maybe had big legs or ample thighs, who felt well-protected by my fluid clothing that hid their flaws.
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The difference between style and fashion is quality.
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Elegance is not catching somebody's eyes, it's staying in somebody's memory
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Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe.
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There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising.
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