Giorgio Armani Cruise Collection Fashion Show

May 2019. Tokyo, Tokyo National Museum, Hyokeikan

For the first co-ed Cruise Collection fashion show, Giorgio Armani has chosen Tokyo in homage to the designer's affinity with the Japanese culture and aesthetic. Hidetoshi Nishijima, Uma Thurman, Honami Suzuki, Takumi Saito, Kento Yamazaki, Tadao Ando, Moka Kamishiraishi and Tomoyasu Hotei (HOTEI) were some of the famous faces who took their front row seats at the fashion show. To close the show, a longtime favorite Ai Tominaga, one of the country’s most well-known models, walked the runway.

Empire was contracted to support id creations, a Shanghai-based international production house, with the Livestream production of the event on Instagram. Thousands of followers watched the show live on Instagram and over 20,000 post event on IGTV.

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