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Giorgio Armani’s final designs unveiled at star-studded fashion show - in pictures

 

Cate Blanchett and Glenn Close are in the front row to see the late Italian designer's final collection.

Getty Images / Left-rignt: Glenn Close, Cate Blanchett and Lauren Hutton were in the front row

Getty Images / Left-rignt: Glenn Close, Cate Blanchett and Lauren Hutton were in the front row

Stars including Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close and Richard Gere were in attendance for the Giorgio Armani spring/summer 2026 collection show in Milan on Sunday, the final collection the Italian designer worked on before his death.

Originally intended as a celebration of 50 years of the late designer's fashion house, the catwalk show became a tribute to Armani following his death earlier this month aged 91.

It took place at the Pinacoteca di Brera art gallery, where more than 120 of his creations are on show.

Models who had walked for the designer over the past five decades returned to showcase a mix of classic suits and glittering dresses.

 

Getty Images Agnese Zogla walks the runway at the Giorgio Armani fashion show during the Milan Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 on September 28, 2025 in Milan, Italy.
Getty Images / Model Agnese Zogla's dress featured a subtle image of Armani's face
 
 
EPA Models present creations by late Italian designer Giorgio Armani of the Spring/Summer 2026 Women's Collection at the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, 28 September 2025.
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They wore neutrals, greens blues and purples, evoking the light, earth and sea, the AFP news agency reported.

The collection was inspired by the northern Italian city where Armani lived and the small volcanic island of Pantelleria, where he had a holiday home.

Paper lanterns were laid across the courtyard, as they had been at a public viewing of Armani's body in Milan earlier this month, with the models walking under the portico.

 

EPA A general view prior to late Italian designer Giorgio Armani collection of the Spring/Summer 2026 Women's Collection presentation at the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, 27 September 2025.
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"This moment, this atmosphere speaks for itself. There's a lot of memories here tonight," Blanchett told AFP.

The Oscar-winning actress also told Reuters that Armani was a "deeply human, talented individual".

 

EPA Models present creations by late Italian designer Giorgio Armani of the Spring/Summer 2026 Women's Collection at the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, 27 September 2025.
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The show was followed by a visit around the Giorgio Armani: Milano, Per Amore exhibition, which sees classic outfits, including Gere's suit from 1980 movie American Gigolo, set among Italian art masterpieces.

Gere and his co-star Lauren Hutton were also in attendance, as were fellow film figures Samuel L Jackson, James Norton, Toni Servillo, Zhang Ziyi and Spike Lee.

 

EPA A 1980 suit worn by Richard Gere in the film 'American Gigolo' on display at the exhibition 'Giorgio Armani: Milano, per amore' at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, northern Italy, 24 September 2025.
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Lee told Reuters that Armani had been "an artist, humanitarian" and "a good guy".

The final dress in the show, a long-sleeved, blue glittering gown, worn by one of Armani's favourite models, Agnese Zogla, featured an image of his face, drawing a standing ovation from the 700 guests.

"This collection, the last Giorgio Armani worked on personally, is in some ways a testament to style and the close of a cycle, so that new ones may begin," the brand said in the show's notes.

Armani's niece Silvana Armani, and the late designer's partner and collaborator Leo Dell'Orco (pictured below), took a bow at the end.

 

Reuters Leo Dell'Orco, head of Men's Style at Armani Group, and Silvana Armani, niece of late fashion designer Giorgio Armani, appear at the end of the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2026 collection show during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 28, 2025.
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Reuters Models present creations from the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2026 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 28, 2025.
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EPA/Shutterstock Models present creations by late Italian designer Giorgio Armani of the Spring/Summer 2026 Women's Collection at the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, 28 September 2025.
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EPA/Shutterstock A general view prior to late Italian designer Giorgio Armani collection of the Spring/Summer 2026 Women's Collection presentation at the Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, 27 September 2025.
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Reuters Models present creations from the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2026 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 28, 2025.
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EPA Live piano music was performed by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi
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Live music was performed on the piano by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi (above).

Outgoing Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour (below) also attended the event, which effectively brought Milan Fashion Week to a close for another year.

 

 
Reuters Anna Wintour attends the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2026 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 28, 2025.
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Devil Wears Prada stars in town

Across town, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci - who are currently filming The Devil Wears Prada sequel - were spotted wearing sunglasses in the front row at the Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2026 event.

Streep plays Miranda Priestly, loosely based on Wintour, and part of the filming for the sequel is taking place in Milan.

 

Reuters Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci look on at the end of the Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2026 collection show during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 27, 2025.
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Author: Paul Glynn, Culture reporter

Source: BBC News:

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