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 Thursday after showing off his latest men's fashion collection that 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 in Milan 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.