Aldo Fallai's Photographs of Giorgio Armani at Armani/Silos

Armani/Silos in Milan presents a new exhibition showcasing the decades-long collaboration between Giorgio Armani and photographer Aldo Fallai. Curated by Giorgio Armani, Rosanna Armani, and Leo Dell'Orco, the show spans two floors of the Tadao Ando-designed space. Fallai, born in Florence in 1943, began working with Armani in the mid-1970s, capturing the designer's evolving vision of elegant, functional fashion that reflected societal changes—women gaining independence and men moving beyond gray suits. The large-format photographs, printed on cotton paper, are not mere documentation but interpretations blending historical, photographic, and cinematic influences. The exhibition offers three readings: as photography, as nearly fifty years of Armani's history, and as a portrait of Italian society. Armani, turning ninety soon, notes that working with Fallai allowed him to turn imagination into real images; Fallai emphasizes their agile, no-frills production approach.