Designer Giorgio Armani created his amazing fashion empire from very humble roots indeed.He was born in Piacenza, Italy in 1934, he grew up with his sister and brother, and then went on to study medicine and photography, but decided to leave university to concentrate on his main interest – fashion.Armani mens clothes were a long way in the future, though, and Armani jeans were not even a twinkle in his eye. Yet Giorgio has gone on to become Italy's most successful designer, worth $4.1 (£2.1) billion in 2007.He began that scintillating career and the road to the Armani clothes and Armani jackets empire we know today as a humble merchandiser at Milan’s famous department store, La Rinascente.
