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Madonna is “difficult”, say Giogio Armani. Denies fall responsibility
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 5 March 2015
Giorgio Armani has branded Madonna “difficult” in response to a question about his role in the singer’s fall at the BRIT Awards last week.
As we are all aware, Madonna fell backwards down some stairs during her finale performance at the awards show. A move that should have seen a dancer whip off an Armani-designed cape she was wearing instead saw her thrown to the will of gravity.
Speaking on the Jonathan Ross show last week, the singer said that the cape had been tied “really tight” around her neck because her team had been concerned that it would come loose and fall off too early.
“I got to the top of the stairs and I pulled the silky string, and it wouldn’t come undone”, she told Ross. “I had two choices: I could either be strangled or fall, and I chose to fall”.
So, was it all the designer’s fault for adding an inappropriate fastening? Not so, says he. Speaking at Milan Fashion Week, he told reporters: “The cape had a hook and she wanted a tie, and she wasn’t able to open it with her hands. That’s all there is to it. Madonna, as we all know, is very difficult”.
