Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, and Lauren Hutton Remember Giorgio Armani

With the passing of Giorgio Armani, the world has lost one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. The Italian almost single-handedly redefined menswear in the 1980s with his unstructured suiting, which gave men a newfound freedom and comfort in ease. His new ideas would've found their audience regardless, but they exploded into the mainstream with the release of 1980's American Gigolo , Paul Schrader's neo-noir film starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, which was released to huge success and has since gone on one of the most influential of the 20th century.

A decade later, as red carpet began to play a more important role in celebrities' promotion tours, Mr. Armani became the undisputed king of the red carpet—especially when it came to awards show, where wearing a dre