Shoed Gianfranco
Gianfranco Ferré was a Couturier and Italian designer , born the August 15th 1944 with Legnano in Italy and deceased the June 17th 2007 with Milan of the continuations of a brain hemorrhage.
Initially intended for the trade of Architect, it begins in the fashion in 1970 by drawing accessories, then the impermeable ones between 1972 and 1974. In 1974, it launches its designers house, Baila, and presents its first collection woman in 1978 and its first man creations in 1982. Of 1989 with 1997, it occupies the functions of artistic director of the house Christian Dior.
In 1999, it turns over to Milan where it creates a line of clothing and accessories for man and woman, of the sober collections, with the purified but always balanced lines, guided by its training in architecture. Its own collections are made conspicuous by an special attention paid to volumes. Its white blouses, to extremely elaborate patronage, sometimes embroidered, refer. Its leather jackets are also emblematic of its style. It also launched several perfumes. Its claw is relaxed and more practical than that of Dior, with in particular of the functional pockets and the hats of reasonable size.
Gianfranco Ferré receives Gold the Die, the greatest distinction of the haute couture, for its first collection at Dior in 1989. It is on this occasion that it will be called " the architect of the mode".
It is rewarded six times by Occhio for gold. Gold medal by the town of Milan, it also receives the medal of Commander about the President of the Republic Italian.
In 1994, the collections of Gianfranco Ferrè are distributed of exclusiveness in say-seven shops throughout the world and it lays out of more than two hundred and fifty sales outlets.
In 1996, its company makes a sales turnover higher than 800 million dollars, 70% of its sales being realized with export.
Lately, he had announced his desire to see the holding The Gianfranco Ferre S.p.A. dimensioning with Milan Stock Exchange.
Famous for its angers, Gianfranco Ferré was extremely attentive with art of living and had an immoderate taste for the great kitchen. When one suggested to him eating in less quantity to save his health, it engaged a large cook charged to make convert his new mode into a gastronomy of a great lightness.
According to the Italian news agency Ansa , the dressmaker was in a state " dramatique". He was hospitalized since the June 15th 2007 with Milan following a Brain hemorrhage. He dies the June 17th 2007 at the evening in Milan at the 62 years age.
External bonds
- Official site
- Signal to 1 million euros
- '' Shoed Gianfranco, Italian Designer, Dies At 62 '', NewYork Times, June 18th, 2007
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