Milan’s world-renowned Armani Group, leading creators of luxury fashion items, has decided to gift the entire takings from the next three matches of its A|X basketball team to Italy’s Civil Defence.

In a brief statement, the Group said: “Following the serious damage several Italian cities and regions have suffered from the bad weather in recent days, the Armani Group has decided to devolve the entire gate takings from the three basketball matches that A|X Olimpia Milano will play this week in the Mediolanum Forum in [the Milan suburb of] Assago to the Civil Defence to support their current rescue work.