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Giorgio Armani is a man who values quiet and privacy. “I am not a wildly social man, nor have I ever been,” he explains. “I prefer to have intimate gatherings of friends and family, and when I am on holiday, my aim is to unwind and decompress. I am a self-confessed workaholic and perfectionist, so it is important that when I am away from my design studio in Milan, I have the opportunity to retreat from the modern world.”
It is for this reason that he is attracted to vacation environments where nature is the dominant theme. And his two island vacation homes – one on Pantelleria, off the coast of Sicily in a rugged volcanic setting, and the other in Antigua in the Caribbean, where things are more verdant – both aim to integrate his dwelling space with the natural surroundings. Both also speak of his passion for the
