Armani wants to make more shoes and bags

07/03/2012
Fashion designer Giorgio Armani wants to include more leathergoods and footwear in future collections.

In comments he made at the Milan Fashion Week at the end of February and start of March, Mr Armani told Italian media that he regarded shoes and accessories as “easier”.

Clothes have to change constantly, he said, whereas designs for accessory and footwear ranges are current for longer and provide manufacturers and design houses with higher margins. “Look at the Kelly bag by Hermès or the classic men’s moccasin by Tod’s,” he explained. “They are eternal; they never go out of fashion.”