The atmosphere suddenly shifted after around 20 minutes of exploring Giorgio Armani’s jaw-dropping new exhibition dedicated to his 20 years of couture . It was just after noon this Monday in Milan: Mr. Armani’s team had spent the weekend fine-tuning the installation of around 150 looks here at Armani/Silos, the four-story former granary he transformed into a museum back in 2015.

Downstairs, that team had seemed purposeful but perfectly at ease: after all, 90% of the work before this exhibition—entitled “Giorgio Armani Privé 2005-2025, Twenty Years of Haute Couture”—opens tomorrow had been completed. Placed at the center of the Silos’ cavernous atrium was a full-skirted off-the-shoulder gown from fall 2019 that had been worn just last week by Irina Shayk at the opening of the Cannes film

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