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Giorgio Armani Retrospective at the Shanghai Art Museum
The Armani Group announced that Giorgio Armani will visit Hong Kong and Shanghai at the end of March for a series of events coinciding with the opening of the Solomon R. Guggenheim's Giorgio Armani Retrospective at the Shanghai Art Museum on April 1.
	Giorgio Armani said, “It is a great honour to have the Guggenheim's exhibition of my work presented by the Shanghai Art Museum. China, its culture and spirit, have been a constant personal inspiration, which makes this opening even more meaningful.” On March 30, on his way to Shanghai, Giorgio Armani will stop in Hong Kong to present his Armani/Privé Spring/Summer 2006 haute couture collection in an exclusive fashion show for 1,500 invited guests, hosted by HSBC Private Bank in a specially created venue at the foot of its Norman Foster designed headquarters building in Hong Kong's Central District (next to the Armani/Chater House multi-brand store). Giorgio Armani will then travel to Shanghai where, on April 1, the Shanghai Art Museum will celebrate the opening of the Solomon R. Guggenheim's Giorgio Armani Retrospective with a VIP cocktail party for 1,000 people followed by an exclusive fashion show at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. Both the exhibition and fashion show have been made possible through the generous support of Mercedes-Benz. VOGUE China will then end the evening with a party at Three on the Bund's Art Gallery in honour of Giorgio Armani.
Giorgio Armani Hong Kong, opened in 2001, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Armani Group with 170 employees, and is the operating company for all the company's activities in Greater China. Today the Armani Group's retail network in Greater China includes 5 Giorgio Armani boutiques, 11 Armani Collezioni stores, 12 Emporio Armani stores, 1 AJ \| Armani Jeans store, 13 A/X Armani Exchange stores and 4 Armani Casa stores in 15 cities. About The Armani Group The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world twith 4,800 direct employees and 13 factories. It designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewellery, home interiors, fragrances and cosmetics under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani Privé, Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, AJ \| Armani Jeans, A/X Armani Exchange, Armani Junior and Baby and Armani Casa. The Group's exclusive worldwide retail network currently comprises: 63 Giorgio Armani boutiques, 11 Armani Collezioni stores, 133 Emporio Armani stores, 95 A/X Armani Exchange stores, 18 AJ \| Armani Jeans stores, 6 Armani Junior stores, 1 Giorgio Armani Accessori store and 20 Armani Casa stores in 39 countries. For more information : http://www.giorgioarmani.com/