WWD to Honor Armani, Piccioli, Dillon, Jones

When fashion’s Movers + Makers gather for the WWD CEO Summit next month, they will pause to celebrate 11 of the people and companies leading the industry through a turbulent age of disruption and reinvention. Giorgio Armani, Ulta Beauty’s Mary Dillon, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli and Dior’s Kim Jones will all take individual awards at the fourth annual WWD Honors ceremony, which will be held during the first night of the summit on Oct. 29. This year, the number of honors has been expanded to 11 and will also recognize top-performing companies in retail, fashion and beauty as well as designers of the year, executive leadership and corporate sustainability. The most-prestigious honor, the John B. Fairchild Honor, will — as reported — go to Armani, who will be also give a rare live interview at the event, which will be held at the InterContinental Barclay in Manhattan. Armani joins past honorees Ralph Lauren, Leonard Lauder and the late Karl Lagerfeld. “I’m honored to receive this prestigious award bearing his name, in recognition of my work as an entrepreneur and creative designer — a job that thrills me today as it did the first day, because it gives me the opportunity to express myself by

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