Giorgio Armani: Fashion, Film & the Revolution of Tailoring

Giorgio Armani didn’t just redefine Italian tailoring – he reshaped global menswear. In this episode of The Luxury Dispatch, Tom Chamberlin is joined by Armani expert Peter Howarth and film producer Hani Farsi to explore how a boy from Piacenza became Hollywood’s first true fashion designer, transformed the unstructured jacket into a global uniform, and built an empire spanning film, red carpets, furniture, and hotels.

From American Gigolo to Miami Vice, from deconstructed tailoring to the rise of Emporio Armani, this conversation dives into the life, craft, philosophy, and legacy of the most influential designer of the past 50 years.

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00:00 The revolution of Armani’s tailoring
00:41 Welcome to The Luxury Dispatch
01:00 Why Armani changed global menswear
02:00 Growing up in wartime Italy
04:40 Early influences: cinema, elegance, identity
07:20 Medical school, window dressing, and Nino Cerruti
10:00 Creating the deconstructed jacket
13:00 American Gigolo and the Hollywood breakthrough
17:20 Armani vs the 80s: Wall Street, Miami Vice, power dressing
22:00 Menswear, womenswear, and a unisex revolution
26:00 Red carpets, comfort, and timeless style
30:00 Control, perfectionism and building an empire
34:00 Armani’s influence on Scorsese, De Niro, DiCaprio
38:00 Constructing the Armani universe
44:00 Personal stories, legacy, and final reflections

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