MILAN — The silence over the weekend on Via Bergognone, home to Giorgio Armani ‘s Teatro, was uncanny.

More than 6,000 people lined up quietly on Saturday — and on Sunday the queue was even more striking, spilling into the streets around the stately venue designed by Tadao Ando, whom Armani admired and respected.

Tutta Milano — and not only — patiently lined up to pay their respects to the designer, who died on Sept. 4 aged 91. Those in the crowd ranged from fashion students and athletes to writers and fashion enthusiasts, in addition to the group’s employees, institutional figures, celebrities and designers — Donatella Versace brought a large bouquet of white flowers on Saturday, one of the first to attend the event, together with Carlo Capasa, head of the Camera della Moda, an

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