Thousands of mourners paid homage on Saturday to Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91, as his coffin was put on public display in Milan.
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Crowds filed past the wooden closed casket in a darkened room lit by paper candles and an image of the designer on a big screen.
Armani, the head of a multibillion-dollar luxury fashion empire, died on Thursday after months of fragile health and will be laid to rest at a private funeral on Monday in Milan.
Hundreds of people queued up for the start of the two-day public viewing at the Armani/Teatro, the company’s minimalist but luxurious headquarters in Milan.
Among the first mourners through the door was a group of Armani staff, all in black mourning wear and black sunglasses.
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