admin Giorgio Armani is the living proof that age is just a number. At 89, he looks as dashing as ever in a tuxedo, and commands just as much star power as the countless megastars he has dressed over the decades. No wonder they call him King Giorgio.
In Venice for a new edition of his One Night Only event, he took in a standing ovation at the end of the Armani Privé fashion show. Held in the vast 16th century space of the Tese delle Nappe at Arsenale—lit to magical effect with the meticulous supervision of the designer himself—the show capped off a weekend of festivities. Guests were treated to a full immersion of glamour—cocktails on the designer’s 65-meter black super-yacht Maìn; an elegant candle-lit dinner held at the privately-owned cloisters of the Santa Maria dell’Orto church; and sumptuous lunches at Harry’s Bar, served with a side of some (luckily optional) rowing activities to shave off excess calories after XXL portions of risotto.
The event was a celebration of the 80th Venice International Film Festival and Armani’s enduring affinity with the movie industry. While many Hollywood celebrities couldn’t travel to the laguna due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, there was no shortage of heavyweights cheering the designer from the front row. Sophia Loren looked regal in an cream-white tuxedo; Jessica Chastain, whose translucent complexion could lit an entire room, sat alongside Luca Guadagnino and Benicio del Toro; Kerry Washington chatted with Ava DuVernay; and hearthrobs Regé-Jean Page, Louis Garrel, and Jesse Williams had girls in the audience fighting for selfies. Later at the after-party, Roisìn Murphy serenaded the crowd clad in a sinuous Armani sequined number, quite a departure from her usual boho flowing frocks, and Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney shimmied to Mark Ronson’s deejaying.
