Word: armanis
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...Designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merill as an apartment complex, Giorgio Armani Hotel and office space, the Burj Dubai combines the slimness of a needle with the layered look of a wedding cake. It aspires to be very 21st century, with its sleek, mirror-sided height, while also paying homage to traditional Dubai culture through its elegant curvature inspired by Arabic writing. Above all, though, it is intended as a triumphant statement - to Arabia and beyond - of Dubai's towering ambitions. While the Burj Dubai's ultimate height is a closely guarded secret, Sang says...
...Giorgio Armani desribed his fall 2007 Prive collection as more aggressive. "The world has changed even for the very rich," he said at a press conference before his show here on Wednesday night. "These clothes are for a woman who wants to express herself more aggressively with forms and silhouettes that are unusual." Certainly, many of the egg-shaped ballgowns that made up the finale of the show were unusual for Armani and the flashes of fuchsia and lime green throughout were new for the designer best known as the king of beige, but the razor-sharp tailoring on tiny...
...Other silhouettes, including multi-colored feathered boleros and dramatic black evening gowns finished off with a graphic swoosh of lime satin, had a rock and roll feeling that Armani said was indiretly inspired by David Bowie. Surely some of the sharp black tuxedos with bright satin shirts and topped off by jeweled trilby hats will look right at the Spice Girls' reunion next winter...
...Feathers seem to have replaced fur on most couture runways here this week. At a press conference this morning, Giorgio Armani explained that although he has used fur in his collections in the past, the Prive show he will present tonight at the Theatre de Chaillot will not have any fur. "I spoke with the people from PETA," he explained, "and they showed me some materials that convinced me not to use fur." So instead he has whipped up some pretty jazzy feathered boleros that are inspired by the rock music of David Bowie...
...York City, a commission that was originally envisioned to include his design for the Freedom Tower, the centerpiece of the project. It was a victory that immediately turned him into an architectural celebrity of the first order in the U.S. His big smile, his black-framed eyeglasses, his Armani suits and cowboy boots were everywhere in the media...