Designer living

On the beach of Portisco, bordering the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, designer Giorgio Armani cuts a svelte figure.

But how does the 72-year-old silver fox maintain his youthful physique?

"He's incredibly disciplined," the designer's close friend, Brazilian model Penelope Wulff, tells Spy.

"He goes to bed at midnight, wakes at seven every morning, spends at least an hour with a personal trainer, and has five massages a week. He would never dream of mixing carbohydrates and proteins, always eats his greens, and only has fruit for breakfast."

Added to this draconian regime, the bon viveur doesn't smoke, drinks very little wine, and "hates beer - he says it bloats him out," adds Wulff. "Oh, and he doesn't like anyone around him drinking it either."