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GIORGIO ARMANI OSCAR PARTY

The Giorgio Armani traditional pre-Oscar party, always Saturday nights before Oscars, had its most starry night ever…

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GIORGIO ARMANI PRE- OSCAR PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT

The Giorgio Armani traditional pre-Oscar party, always Saturday nights before Oscars, had its most starry night ever, all packed into the two floors of the Rodeo Drive boutique, almost as packed as the sardine-like crush of pro autograph hounds blocking the tourists from their shopping sprees. Inside, it was pretty easy to see who’d be strutting in GA on the Oscar red carpet the next day: Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman, Samuel L. Jackson, John Lithgow, Felicity Jones (in a GA spring 2025 floral dress), Anora’s Mark Eydelshteyn, plus other Armani loving VIPs: Walton Goggins, LaKeith Stanfield, Jurnee Smollett, Denis Villeneuve, Henry Golding, Darren Star (in a snug purple GA suit – who knew Armani did purple?), Kristen Bell, Ruth Wilson, Joan Chen – and even some well-dressed others who actually pay for their clothes. Zac Posen, whose first Banana Republic pieces are about to debut, pronounced, “I’m wearing custom Banana Republic.” (He did at the Oscars, too). And no one’s worn Gap/Banana since Sharon Stone’s last minute change in 1996. The tallest man in the big tall crowd turned out to be the always handsome Dolph Lundgren, who stuck close to his wife, avoiding all the celebrity schmooze and mirror modelling. Sure, they were all “FOG” – Friends of Giorgio, the man and the brand. But who will succeed the 90 year old master, who plans to step down in a year or so? One name bandied about: Hedi Slimane.

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EVENT THIRTY SIX