FAR FROM MONOTONOUS, BLACK REVEALS AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SHADES AND POSSIBILITIES. GIORGIO ARMANI HAS ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO IT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS SYNTHESIS AND THE GRAPHIC PURITY THAT TRANSFORMS ANY SILHOUETTE INTO A TIMELESS ICON. IN THIS COLLECTION, THE DESIGNER CAPTURES THE MOST ELEGANT, NOCTURNAL AND SEDUCTIVE FACETS OF BLACK WHILE ONCE AGAIN EXPLORING THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MASCULINE AND FEMININE. INTRODUCED BY FLOWING DRESSES WITH BRIGHTLY COLOURED EMBROIDERED INSERTS, BLACK APPEARS ON THE RUNWAY IN A SERIES OF REVISITED TUXEDOS AND TAILCOATS, IN SCULPTURAL JACKETS WORN DIRECTLY AGAINST THE SKIN AND IN BLAZERS PAIRED WITH WHITE SHIRTS, BOW TIES AND SLIM-CUT TROUSERS. ENHANCED BY THE SUBDUED SPLENDOUR OF LONG, SINUOUS DRESSES ANIMATED BY OVERSIZED BOWS, SHEER PLASTRONS AND BRACELET-LIKE CUFFS, BLACK ACQUIRES A SPECIAL LUMINOSITY, BORN OF THE JUXTAPOSITION OF VELVET AND METALLIC SILKS AND THE CONTRASTING PAVÉ CRYSTALS AND GOLD OF THE LININGS, SUGGESTIVELY CATCHING INDISCREET GAZES. SEDUCTIVE BLACK DEFINES A STYLISTIC GRAMMAR IN WHICH OPPOSITES COME TOGETHER WITH GRACE AND HARMONY.