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Armani couture channels black as maestro misses Paris bow for 1st time, days from 91st birthday
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A model wears a creation as part of the Giorgio Armani Prive Fall-Winter 2025/26 Haute Couture collection presented Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Paris. - photo by AP Photo/Tom Nicholson
PARIS (AP) — Armani Privé opened Tuesday under an unmistakable shadow. For the first time in the 20-year history of his couture house, Giorgio Armani was not present in Paris to take his bow. Days from his 91st birthday and following doctors’ advice after a recent hospital stay, Armani reportedly oversaw the Paris couture week show remotely from home, a moment of absence that lands heavily for a designer who has shaped every one of his brand’s collections since its founding.