GIORGIO ARMANI Fashion designer Giorgio Armani walks the runway during the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018/2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Today, le smoking is a classic - and a veritable sartorial workhorse in many a woman’s wardrobe.Ģ. It would pave the way for his pantsuits just as women were entering corporate culture and ready for power dressing. Not only was it androgynous, but also sexy and powerful. In 1966, he introduced Le Smoking - a tuxedo look for women.
But there was one look he designed - which proved shocking at the time - that not only revolutionized the way women dressed but also signalled sweeping social change.
