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"  Giorgio Armani is a true friend. His kindness has come into my life in many shapes and sizes (and, yes, ladies, loads of gorgeous clothes!), whether it&amp;#039;s sharing his vacation home in Italy with me and Danny for our first anniversary or spending the afternoon playing with my daughter and her favorite rag doll. Or that he has never forgotten my birthday: Every year, it is the note that accompanies the gift that is the treasure. I&amp;#039;ve saved them all. My love for Giorgio is endless and my admiration ever expanding, as he never stops challenging himself in new and beautiful ways. \u2014JULIA ROBERTS Mr. Armani can walk into a room and turn everything upside down in this very quiet, authoritative way. Once we had decided on a dress for the Oscars. It was all fitted and ready to go. He arrived, shook his head, and then sent everyone scrambling for different fabrics and dresses. It was like an episode of I Love Lucy. Mr. Armani started pinning things and taping my boobs down while speaking to me in French with that adorable Italian accent: &amp;quot;C&amp;#039;est mieux comme \u00C7a, non?&amp;quot; And, yes, it was much, much better. \u2014JODIE FOSTER Sitting with Mr. Armani, a deeply private man, for the first time was an intimidating experience. It was as if he was looking right inside me,beyond the surface, taking \u2014the full measure of me as a person: Was I someone he could respect, let alone dress? Since then I have witnessed his supreme generosity\u2014personally greeting every dressmaker at the Sydney Theatre Company when he visited\u2014his effervescence, his incredible wit and loyalty, but perhaps, above all, his God-given talent. \u2014CATE BLANCHETT I was the lucky girl who was an honored guest at one of Armani&amp;#039;s first couture shows in Paris. It was such a celebration. Somehow I ended up under the Eiffel Tower with half his design team and family, dancing to the light show. That&amp;#039;s where genius leads you\u2014to a place of light. \u2014HILARY SWANK Once I was with Mr. Armani on a red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for Martin Scorsese&amp;#039;s documentary about him, Made in Milan. We were all so overwhelmed by the press that we grabbed hands. Mr. Armani, Michelle Pfeiffer, and I charged forward at them. Mr. Armani and his designs give you the confidence to do things like that. Who could ask for more? \u2014UMA THURMAN One magical night in Rome, we sat together with a group of his assistants in the Hassler hotel. Giorgio produced a sketch of something he thought I might like to wear to the Academy Awards. Without really thinking, I took the pad and a pen and made adjustments. When I looked up, everyone else had a kind of blood-drained look, but Mr. Armani, ever gracious, took the pad back, studied it, scratched in some notes, and showed it to me again. I said, &amp;quot;Perfecto,&amp;quot; and we laughed and celebrated. A few years later, I was in Milan with my wife-to-be, Danielle, to see what Mr. Armani had designed for her wedding dress. When he brought out the sketch pad, he tied a blindfold around my eyes and said, &amp;quot;This time you don&amp;#039;t get to see it first.&amp;quot; \u2014RUSSELL CROWE Top: Dress, pants, $2,795, clutch, $5,885, and cuff, $1,995, Giorgio Armani. 212-988-9191.  Jacket, $2,475, pants, $1,995, hat, $575, and shoes, $795, Giorgio Armani, 212-988-9191.  BEAUTY BAZAAR Get a high-powered pout with Giorgio Armani Lip Maestro in the Red ($32). See Where to Buy for shopping details. Model: Elsa Hosk; hair: Italo Gregorio; makeup: Deanna Melluso; manicure: Kiyo Okada; set design: Shaun Kato-Samuel; production: Mary-Clancey Pace for Henstoothpro.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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