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Designer Giorgio Armani's cocktail party launch for his retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts attracted a wealth of stars

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British actress Minnie Driver was among those present from the film world

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Spiderman star Kirsten Dunst is a big fan of Armani

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British pop star Ms Dynamite attended the preview at the Royal Academy of Arts in London

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Sarah Ferguson turned out to see the great designer's work

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Actor Richard Gere and wife Carey Lowell were among a host of celebrities

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Bond girl Rosamund Pike has been dressed by Armani

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Newly-knighted former Bond Roger Moore was there wife Kiki Tholstrup as well as son Geoffrey and wife Loulou

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Fellow designer Donatella Versace attended, dressed in her usual restrained fashion

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Traffic star Erika Christensen was in appropriately autumnal tones

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Fresh from success against the Turks, England and Arsenal defender Sol Campbell's coat caused a few eyebrows to raise

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Mis-teeq were among the brightly-clad representatives of British pop