Ageing can be sexy
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-30 11:38
MILAN - Giorgio Armani gave his younger rivals a lesson in effortless cool
today, showing shirts and suits so casually sexy actor George Clooney says they
could help him cope with ageing.
Men wearing broad-shouldered pinstripe
suits and dandy shoes strolled down the catwalk in small groups, hands in their
pockets or arm-in-arm with chic girls in flowing silk trousers and jauntily
tilted Parisian berets.
"It's beautiful. I've only been to one of his
shows before, I haven't really been to menswear shows often," Clooney told
Reuters after the show, in the middle of Milan fashion week.
"I usually
can't wear clothes like that because they are made for men in their 20s, and
you've got to understand that when you're ageing, suits become more
important."
Leaning against a wall, a champagne glass in his hand and
wearing a black suit, Clooney, 45, reflected the slightly rakish yet relaxed
style that infused the entire show.
It was the only big-name fashion show
this week that had the audience breaking out in spontaneous applause as men with
sunglasses paraded loose trousers and tailored waistcoats, cardigans that
followed the shape of the back without clinging, and urban suits that had
grown-up sex appeal.
"Being sexy as a man is not about being muscular.
It's the way he looks at you, the way he moves ... his way of dressing," Armani
told reporters after the show.
It was a contrast to Dolce & Gabbana's
gym heroes with six-packs who marched down the catwalk in boxer shorts and tight
briefs on Monday, and Miuccia Prada's boys in shiny plastic shorts in primary
colours.
Armani preferred loose Bermuda shorts and drawstring trousers as
a holiday look, or pyjama-ish shirts with Nehru collars.
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