Organza that looks like water, rhinestones like stars, immaculate jackets and flat shoes: 5 ways Giorgio Armani embellished fashion history

If Giorgio Armani directed the needle, perfection was the standard. Over his 91 years, the Italian designer has managed to make the jacket adapt to the female body flawlessly and to make movement and light seem to transform the physical state of the fabric, sometimes so malleable it seemed liquid. His models, smiling on the runway, presented a world in which lace-up shoes were an expression of liberation and baggy pants were a canvas on which play and dream materialized. His exploration of materials made surprise the spirit of his fabrics, among which wool and silk stood out as both weakness and preference. In all the brands that made up his empire, Giorgio Armani's pursuit of excellence, architect of elegance, resulted in an indelible embellishment of fashion history