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To: Jibacoa who wrote (10552)	1/17/2002 11:39:16 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13094

Fashion Giant Armani Says He's Sick of Luxury Holy smoke, things are a-changin' MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, creator of some of the world's most expensive clothes, says he is fed up with luxury. ``I'll tell you something. Luxury disgusts me,'' the designer was quoted as saying in Italian newspapers on Thursday after showing off his latest men's fashion collection which borrowed heavily from the working class look of miners and soldiers. ``I want to pay homage to the workers, to the dignity of the workers with their simplicity and straightforwardness,'' Armani told reporters backstage as he explained his latest outfits with their flat caps, military boots and donkey jackets. He urged young fashion fans to put their craze for designer labels into perspective. ``I want young people to understand that today's world is false. They must understand that it is absurd to prostitute oneself or to steal just to get a designer bag because they think that without it they are nobody,'' he said. Asked whether he might also be to blame for the obsession with luxury, Armani pointed to his cheaper clothing lines which include jeans that sell for about 100 euros ($88) a pair compared with his top-of-the-range suits that fetch around 5,000 euros. ``I have to say that for all the things I design, I put in love and care,'' he said. ``I do not shut myself away in my workshop, like some others do, to cynically and presumptuously create luxury items.''