"The red carpet, if you can believe it, was once a fashion dead zone, a sequin-strewn wasteland where good taste went to die. For years, many stars served as their own stylist or whipped up their own clothes, with predictably patchy results. In 1989, when Demi Moore showed up to the Academy Awards in a spandex-bike-shorts-and-corset ensemble of her own design, Women's Wear Daily called it an "Oscar Fright.""
"But earlier this year, Moore dominated awards-season best-dressed lists, winning raves for an elegant, metallic Oscars gown with a plunging neckline and a skirt that swept to the floor, pooling in a shimmering puddle. The dress was the work of the Italian designer Giorgio Armani, who died yesterday in Milan at the age of 91-and who was the reason so many stars wear high fashion in the first place."
"As a young man, Armani studied medicine and served in the military. He got his start in the fashion industry "almost by accident," he told Time in 1982, by taking a job at the high-end Milanese department store La Rinascente. There, he learned about fabric and customer behavior, and his skills eventually led him to a role with the Italian designer Nino Cerruti."
The red carpet once suffered from homemade, often ill-fitting celebrity clothes. Giorgio Armani shifted that dynamic by dressing stars in high fashion and turning awards ceremonies into runways. Armani studied medicine, served in the military, and began his career in retail at La Rinascente before working with Nino Cerruti. A partnership with Sergio Galeotti prompted him to launch the Armani label in Milan in 1975. Armani excelled in both menswear and womenswear, embraced androgyny, and popularized tailored suits, building a fifty-year solo career and a global fashion empire.
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