Giorgio Armani has been Glenn Close’s preferred designer for more than 30 years, starting with the first suit she purchased at Barneys (the look still resides in her closet).
The legendarydesigner dressed Close in 1990 for the Kennedy Center Honors, where the actress paid tribute to Katharine Hepburn.
Over the years, a friendship was formed, and tonight Armani and Close will continue that relationship with his design for her to wear at the 93rd annual Academy Awards. “I think he really understands her layers,” says stylist Chloe Hartstein, who has worked with Close since her 2018 awards-season run for The Wife. “His designs show a strength, but they’re also feminine, and there’s both structure and an ease, and they’re a tad intellectual.
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