Silvana Armani, left, and Giorgio Armani stand with models after the Emporio Armani Spring Summer 2022 collection during Milan Fashion Week, in 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) Designer Giorgio Armani said Tuesday he was cancelling his Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani men’s fashion shows in Milan this month and his Prive haute couture show in Paris because of soaring coronavirus cases in Europe.
The decision makes Armani the first major designer to pull out of the Milan men’s previews for fall/winter 2022-23 scheduled for Jan. 14-18. In a statement, the fashion house said the decision was “made with great regret and following careful reflection in light of the worsening epidemiological situation.
Giorgio Armani announces the cancellation of the #EmporioArmani and #GiorgioArmani Men’s shows and the #GiorgioArmaniPrivé show planned for January. pic.twitter.com/l3cJxQvvVa
— Armani (@armani) January 4, 2022
“As the designer has expressed on many occasions, the shows are crucial and irreplaceable occasions but the health and safety of both employees and the public must once again take priority,” the Armani statement said.
Milan’s fashion council had announced last month that 22 brands, from Armani to Zegna, would be staging live runway shows, with just nine opting for digital presentations. It did so following the success of the September womenswear shows that featured 40 live runway previews, with mask requirements and limited invitees.
The British Fashion Council has said its January menswear shows would not go ahead due to COVID and that they would be consolidated with the womenswear calendar in February.
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