Luxury Lifestyle

The world famous designer couldn’t help and paid to himself €365 millions as encouragement.

According to the data of design house Giorgio Armani SpA in 2006, “salary” of the Italian designer the last year has turned out not small. As dividends Armani received €100 millions ($126 millions), and then has pocketed €175 millions more ($220,5 millions) as the premium. All money was received as a result of some bargain made by the fashionable house.

It is necessary to note, that Giorgio Armani has really deserves the highest salary even if he pays it to himself. For many years this most talented designer does everything to be the first in creation of qualitative and fashionable goods. Last year the designer together with his team increased sales by 9 %, and earned €1,5 billions.

Recently the greatest growth in Armani’s company has shown segment of adornments (41 %), then go glasses (20 %) and watches (17 %). The last year 42 Armani boutiques have been opened worldwide; in 2007 the Italian master planned 50 more. More recently in three-dimensional world Second Life Armani has opened the first virtual boutique, which precisely copies his shops in Milan. Now more than 8 million users of this online game can choose clothes in boutique, where clothes are regularly updated as in a real life.