Gianfranco Ferré, who was a fashion designer also
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Critics have crowned the genius of fashion design, Gianfranco Ferre, who had perfectly draws the outline of clothes. His exquisite handcraft matches with the tailoring of geometric patterns, which is one of the noticeable features of the men’s wear designed by him.
In the beginning of his design career, he mainly designed for teenagers and socialites and it was not until 1982 that he started to design men’s wear. This designer with a mustache said his own style was often becomes the source of inspiration to design men’s wear.
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Ferre was born into a class family on August 15,1944. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Milan Polytechnic Institute, and obtained a bachelor in architecture. As his interest in fashionable dress grew, he started to design jewelry and clothes because he thought this could satisfy his enthusiasm while earning money for him. Inspired by the editors of famous fashion magazines in Italy, he began to design clothes. Then he went to India and extensively study textiles there. In India, he adopted Easterners’ concept of simplicity and established the view that the aim of good design was purity.
In 1978, Ferre established his namesake company Gianfranco Ferre. The clothes of Gianfranco Ferre embodied elegant and aiming to seek the harmonious unity of innovation and tradition lifestyle of modern times. Ferre was awarded L'Occhio d'Oro for six times, which represents the best designer of Italy.
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The most important features of GIANFRANCO FERRE are quality, uniqueness, and luxury. His collection display powerful and femininity, and also, exquisite tailoring with clear outline, great fabric, and bright colors. The design is simple yet eye-catching and shows the blending of classical and modern style.
The booming trend of minimalism and simplicity in the 1990s made GIANFRANCO FERRE produce fewer accessories. However, GIANFRANCO FERRE would still design several simple great bracelets and necklaces to highlight the theme of the simple clothes. The sunglasses designed by FERRE reflected GIANFRANCO FERRE’s concept of the architectural framework in a more direct way. With wide structure and good quality, the sunglasses perfectly matched sharp-featured people.
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With the background of architecture, Ferre stayed for a period in India. This experience has given Ferre a sense of sculpture and the exotic feature. As the art director of Christian Dior from 1989 and 1996, his achievements were witnessed by all people around him. After being devoted to his brand, he designed clothes with a noticeable architectural style.
Ferre died on July 17, 2007 in Milano, he had a great passion for fashion design, and contribute a lot to the fashion industry. |