and enjoy Free digital access. Subscribe to Robb Report today Although Marilyn Vance was the credited costume designer for this 1987 Brian De Palma film, Armani’s influence ran deep in creating flashy, perfectly-tailored suits for both good and bad guys. John dropped out at the last moment and Richard came in, but we kept all the Armani clothes. It was just the beginning of an era for Armani, which is soon followed by more such collaborations. Martin Scorsese’s depiction of real-life broker Jordan Belfort is a study in excess -- the vagaries, and criminality, of bottomless avarice -- and particularly for Wall Street wannabes, an Armani suit embodies the impossible levels of richness to which Belfort and his colleagues aspire. ___ FERRAGAMO EXPLORES REAL VS. SURREAL And I will write about it in another blog post in the near future, but today it’s about Lauren Hutton’s wardrobe in the film. I've worked with Giorgio subsequently, but the last time I tried to pull him into a film his representative told me: "We don't do films anymore. Richard thought I was completely wrong, but a couple of years later I ran into him and he said: "You were right about that!" He had been the art director on Bertolucci's The Conformist and Last Tango In Paris and eventually he won an Oscar for The Last Emperor. There was no turning back. The best of everything is waiting for you! The Italian influence on American Gigolo also foreshadowed an Italian influence on 1980s yuppie culture.. 'The War With Grandpa' Interviews with Robert De Niro and Jane Seymour. ___ FERRAGAMO EXPLORES REAL VS. 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Paul Schrader has always been skilled chronicler of alienation and loneliness, and Armani’s impeccable tailoring -- his first-ever designs for the screen -- effortlessly provide Richard Gere’s character with an impenetrable armor, a perfect façade that both protects him from the outside world and keeps him from fully experiencing it. Armani deconstructed his suits by removing restrictive shoulder pads and forming naturally shaped shoulders, a sharp contrast to the stiff jackets that had been the norm for decades. Armani revisited some of his own ‘90s designs for the wide-lapel power suit Leonardo DiCaprio wears in the film, paying tribute to the era’s flashy fashions both a literal and metaphorical representation of his character’s larger than life persona. The style influenced tailors from London’s Savile Row to New York, and the men’s suit—and the Armani brand—would never be the same. Subscribe Today at Huge Savings! tags the dark knight rises the dark knight inglourious basterds wolf of wall street the untouchables giorgio armani american gigolo phenomena … Travolta was originally going to star, and his manager suggested Armani because he knew that he was on the verge of becoming big. Giorgio Armani understood this from early in his career, when he was designing for as many as ten manufacturers at a time, and especially after he introduced multiple lines under his own name and needed to communicate not just the apparel but the style (and lifestyle) that he wanted for his customers. Paul Schrader's film first hit cinemas 32 years ago this week, but the film's style, particularly Gere's Armani wardrobe, remains a touchstone for well-dressed men everywhere. You say American Gigolo and it’s Richard Gere’s Armani wardrobe that inevitably springs to your mind. American Gigolo director Paul Schrader on dressing Richard Gere in Armani to create the film's iconic style British GQ Fashion Culture Grooming Watches GQ Hype Lifestyle But working with Christopher Nolan’s costume designer Lindy Hemming, Armani put together some bulletproof ensembles for the billionaire industrialist, including a couple of grey two-button suits that any superhero should be proud to wear. Commissioned to design clothing for the film, Armani created lightweight suits that appeared more like a second skin and allowed Gere to move and strut his stuff with ease. Costume designer April Ferry worked closely with Armani to create suits for Foster’s defense secretary, allowing the actress to look fierce and steely as she fends off Earthen riff raff from her orbiting world. Giorgio Armani was involved because of John Travolta. He also rid them of their heavy interlinings, creating lightweight silhouettes and offering more comfort and freedom of movement. The escort Richard Gere portrayed in the 1980 movie American Gigolo had a proclivity for handsomely tailored suits. I remember telling Richard in 1980 that men's clothes would become more Edwardian. His confidence and clothing helped make Gere the sex symbol of the day—and inspired a generation of men to mimic his Armani-created style. As important as what characters say and do in movies, sometimes the thing that speaks loudest is what they wear. From the opening sequence where Gere is fitted by his tailor to the famous scene where he lovingly lays out his suits on his bed while dabbing cocaine and singing along to Smokey Robinson, menswear has never been quite the same since. By the third and final installment in this endlessly stylish series of heist films, director Steven Soderbergh had assembled a murderer’s row of actors and filmmaking talents to enhance and bring out the characters, good and bad, who keep its machinery going.

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