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She performs it in a gondola, floating down the catwalk as she flees the chaos of the main stage for the sanctuary of her piano.

Originally intended as a celebration of 50 years of the late designer's fashion house, the catwalk show became a tribute to Armani following his death earlier this month aged 91.

Witnesses to that run of performances still marvel at the spectacle of Curry’s nightly entrance, as he marched from the lobby on a long catwalk, his high heels at eye level with the audience.

He bounds across the stage like a puppy - or is it a youth pastor? - covering the length of the catwalk several times within the first few songs.

As he entered his tenth decade, Armani continued to present new ranges on the catwalks of Paris and Milan.