Soshiotsuki, spring 2025 menswear Photo: Courtesy of Soshiotsuki

As one star fades, a new talent rises. Yesterday, it was announced that Giorgio Armani , the Italian whose tailoring both challenged fashion and forced it to evolve, had died. The news came just a day after Soshi Otsuki, a 35-year-old designer from Japan, landed the LVMH Prize for his brand Soshiotsuki , winning over the jury with draped 1980s-style tailoring that owed its inspiration to Armani.

Otsuki heard the news of the 91-year-old’s passing when his assistant messaged him at noon. “I remember seeing [Armani] on Instagram about two weeks ago looking healthy, so I was very shocked,” Otsuki says, speaking over the phone from Paris. He acknowledged the coincidence in the timing of Armani’s passing and his prize win,

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