Hometown funeral for Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani | News

RIVALTA TREBBIA, Italy, Sept 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The private funeral of fashion legend Giorgio Armani was set to take place Monday in a picturesque village near Piacenza, in the northern Italian region where the designer grew up. Only about 60 people were expected at the 3:30 pm (1330 GMT) ceremony, according to local media, at the 14th-century Church of San Martino in Rivalta, south of Milan. The Armani group said it was a strictly private affair. Armani died last Thursday aged 91, one of the most famous names in fashion and head of a multi-billion-euro luxury lifestyle business. Around 15,000 people paid their respects over the weekend when his coffin was put on display for two days at the...