Giorgio Armani’s legacy is inextricably tied to the transformation of men’s fashion. But the fashion titan, who died aged 91 on Thursday (4 September), also had a brief stint in a UK newsroom.
On 21 September 2006, readers of The Independent were greeted with a special edition of the paper, guest-edited and designed by the Italian designer as part of Product Red – an initiative to raise funds for the HIV and Aids epidemic in Africa.