Fashion mogul Giorgio Armani warned gay
men in an interview published Sunday not to dress too gay, saying
that a “man has to be a man.”
Armani launched Armani, his celebrated
menswear collection, in 1975.
In an interview with The
Sunday Times, the 80-year-old Italian designer, who has not
denied rumors he's gay, spoke out against the way that some gay men
dress.
“A homosexual man is a man 100%,”
Armani said. “He does not need to dress homosexual. When
homosexuality is exhibited to the extreme – to say, 'Ah, you know
I'm homosexual' – that has nothing to do with me. A man has be a
man.”
He continued: “I don't like muscle
boy. Not too much gym. I like somebody healthy, somebody solid, who
looks after his body but doesn't use his muscles too much.”