Giorgio Armani Privé Presents “Lumières” at Haute Couture Week SS25

Emma Hodgson   |   29-01-2025

Few designers command a runway with the same subtle authority as Giorgio Armani. 

Currently celebrating the house’s 20th anniversary, Armani presented a spectacular collection in Paris yesterday evening.

For his Privé Spring/Summer Couture 2025 show, he orchestrated an ode to light – its movement, its fleeting brilliance, its infinite nuances – transforming fabric into ethereal, shimmering poetry.

Set against the backdrop of the house’s new Palazzo Armani in Paris, Armani’s latest couture offering traced an exquisite journey through global influences. 

The silhouettes were sinuous yet structured, delicately poised between power and grace, evoking the Armani woman.

The crisp, cropped jackets and fluid, masculine blazers stood in elegant contrast to the sweeping gowns in the collection.

The palette through the collection showcased a sophisticated evolution of light. Beginning in the muted embrace of gold, greige, and monochrome, it then unfolded into hushed pinks, amaranth, and the depth of bronze and midnight blue. 

Embroidery – meticulously handcrafted – glimmered with iridescence.  Elsewhere in the collection, there were crystals and stones weaved throughout the designs, playing with light.

The influence of China, Polynesia, India, Japan, and North Africa were all woven into the narrative of the collection.

There is no bravado in Armani’s latest offering, only the quiet confidence of a maison that understands luxury is not about excess, but about the perfection of restraint.

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