Armani pays tribute to Ukraine struggling with silent present

Giorgio Armani switched off the music to carry his Milan style present in silence on Sunday, out of respect for the folks caught within the Ukrainian battle.

Fashions strutted down the catwalk in an eerie quiet, interrupted by applause from the viewers, carrying quick jackets in pastel hues and glossy, sequined black and silver attire.

A mannequin walks the runway on the Giorgio Armani present on Sunday throughout Milan Style Week. Credit score: Jacopo Raule/Getty Photographs

“My determination to not use any music was taken as an indication of respect in the direction of the folks concerned within the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine,” learn a submit throughout a black banner on the style designer’s Twitter account.

“The perfect factor to do is ship a message that we do not need to have a good time as a result of one thing very disturbing is going on round us,” the 87-year-old designer, visibly moved, later mentioned on the sidelines of the present.

A mannequin walks the runway on the Giorgio Armani present on Sunday throughout Milan Style Week. Credit score: Jacopo Raule/Getty

Each female and male fashions sported black velvet coats, jackets and trousers for the Fall-Winter 2022 assortment, generally with dabs of blue, or a crimson trim. There have been additionally electrical blue silk night robes and sleeveless blouses, embroidered tops, lengthy white overalls and flowery prints.

Designs from Armani’s foremost line historically deliver down the curtain on Milan’s style week, which this season hosted primarily in-person catwalk reveals fairly than digital shows, together with by the likes of Prada, Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana.