Billy Crystal, shown here hosting the Academy Awards for the ninth time in 2012, wore multiple made-to-measure Giorgio Armani suits over the years. Here he’s wearing white tie and tails in wool ...

When Pat Riley and Danny Ainge had a fiery verbal showdown: "I don't want to mess up his Armani suits and all that hair goop" ...

Oh yeah, and his Armani suits were a thing of beauty as well. Related: Pat Riley now wishes he wasn't so hard on his players: ...

was wearing an Armani tuxedo jacket with his blue jeans. But Armani, the Italian impresario of extravagantly upscale minimalism, commands respect. In an industry of pointless hyperbole ...

For his big night, he wanted to go for a timeless look. “I’m wearing a very classic tuxedo from Armani,” he said. Koch, who sat front row at the Armani show at New York’s Park Avenue ...

Armani armored a generation of women climbing the corporate ladder in relaxed, unstructured suits. The look was seen on everyone from Richard Gere in 1980’s American Gigolo to Jean-Michel ...

Over time, he added to his growing collection of vintage Armani suits, eventually buying pieces that came with their own biographies. “My first memorable vintage purchase was someone’s Boyz II ...

a made-to-measure Giorgio Armani tuxedo with a textured two-button peak lapel and grosgrain trimming. (He also sported the fashion house for the film’s premiere.) Leonardo DiCaprio at the 76th ...