Giorgio Armani—the maestro, the designer who cross-pollinated masculine and feminine style, the man who changed the way the world wears clothes—is gone , having departed this earthly plane on September 4, at 91. What he left behind, though, will blow your mind.

Before he passed—in preparation for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of his legendary brand and, perhaps, in a race against time—Mr. Armani founded Armani/ Archivio , a massive Armani physical archive that has been digitized, curated, and opened to the public online, allowing visitors to browse through over 200 Armani collections spanning 50 years and over 30,000 individual pieces.

Giorgio Armani, photographed at home in Milan by Annie Leibovitz, changed the course of fashion. A new collection of specially-curated Arma

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