Giorgio Armani has announced that he would be giving emerging designers the opportunity to se his show space each season, starting with menswear talent Andrea Pompilio, who will stage a show there on June 22. “We need concrete actions to support Italian fashion, initiatives that give more strength and a feeling of novelty to Milan’s Fashion Week,” Armani said in a statement.

“It is for this reason that I decided to make my theatre on Via Bergognone available for the fashion shows of some of the most promising designers, who can count on my building’s technical services.”

The announcement comes just two weeks after Armani talked about his decision not to join the National Chamber of Fashion, which is currently working to keep Italian designers showing in Milan.