Vogue's Anna Wintour once put it, 'Armani gave movie stars a modern way to look.'The red carpet was "a natural habitat" for Privé, says Armani. "It is a setting that places these special clothes in a glamorous context, where they can be seen on some of the world's most talented women."For celebrity stylist Elizabeth Stewart, who dresses many of his stable of stars, including Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis and Julia Roberts, "The sheer volume of Mr Armani's contribution to the red-carpet landscape is significant." The house has become her go-to for the Oscars, from Cate Blanchett's Elizabethan-accented jewel-encrusted chain-mail column in 2007 (she says it was surprisingly easy to walk in, despite weighing 40lb) to Viola Davis' scarlet goddess.
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