Remembering Giorgio Armani: A Global Legacy With Indian Threads

On September 4, 2025, the world bid farewell to Giorgio Armani, or “Re Giorgio,” as Milan called him. For more than five decades, he dressed the world in elegance stripped of excess. His passing at 91 leaves fashion with a silence that feels both dignified and devastating—marking the end of an era. And while his empire stretched from Hollywood red carpets to skyscrapers bearing his name, a part of Armani’s story, a more intimate one, was written in India.