Emporio Armani Spring 2004 Skirt

From Emporio Armani’s Spring 2004 runway, this party ready mini-skirt showcases the house’s precision craftsmanship in a playful, early-2000s setting. Emporio Armani serves as the youthful diffusion line within Giorgio Armani’s fashion house, retaining the precision tailoring and luxury materials the brand is known for, but with a more relaxed, sport-inflected sensibility. The body is fully embellished with rows of black bugle beads, forming subtle horizontal striping with a liquid, light-catching finish. Each line of beadwork is individually set, giving the skirt weight, movement, and a couture-level surface.

At the waist, a contrasting band of vibrant green knit provides a bold, sporty flash of colour. A clean, graphic interruption to the glossy black beadwork, these unexpected hits of colour defined the season. As Vogue wrote at the time, “The Emporio Armani Spring collection is essentially a briefer, perkier version of what Giorgio Armani showed for his main label… It came as something of a surprise when the collection switched to a fluorescent palette.” It is lined with black crepe and has a louche, pull-on silhouette with no fastenings.

• Emporio Armani Spring 2004 • Stretch knit • High-waist • Green knit waistband • Beaded all-over • Black crepe lining

Fabric: 100% Viscose
Lining: 100% Polyester
Size on Label: French 38, UK 10, US 6
Stretch: Yes
Care: Dry clean only
Condition: Excellent

Waist: 68.5 cm (27 inch)
Hips: 84 cm (33 inch)
Length: 45.5 cm (18 inch)