At 90, Giorgio Armani has quite a lot of playing cards up his sleeve on the runway

MILAN (AP) — At age 90, Giorgio Armani nonetheless has quite a lot of playing cards up his sleeve.

That was fairly actually true within the Emporio Armani assortment previewed on Thursday throughout Milan Style Week, the place taking part in playing cards have been the recurring motif.

Sequined taking part in playing cards have been tucked in bodices or handily in belts or jacket pockets. A heart-shaped prime peeked out of jackets, belt buckles got here in diamond shapes and costume jewellery have been golf equipment and spades. For anybody going all-in: An overcoat was flush with all the fits.

The gathering riffed on males’s dressing for girls, that includes three-piece fits and velvet ensembles with matching ties or huge neck bows. Trousers have been comfortably unfastened, that includes deep pockets. Shirt collars and cuffs have been at occasions indifferent –- as if magically floating.

The storied designer took his customary post-show bow accompanied by his niece, Silvana Armani, who’s head of the womenswear design studio, making the road of succession clear.