| General info : | | Ferré was the brand name used by Gianfranco Ferré (August 1944, Legnano, Italy - 17 June 2007, Milan, Italy (aged 62)), an Italian fashion designer also known as "the architect of fashion" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design.
Ferré began his fashion career in 1970 by designing accessories, then worked as a raincoat designer in 1972–74. He started his own company Baila in 1974, and launched his signature collection for women in 1978. His first men's collection appeared in 1982, followed in 1986 by his first couture collection in Rome. Ferré became Stylistic Director of Christian Dior in Paris in 1989, when he was chosen by owner Bernard Arnault to replace Marc Bohan. In 1996, it was announced that Ferré would end his engagement with Dior with the Spring 1997 collection for the label.
His own label was more relaxed and pared-down than Dior. Sophisticated white shirts have become the symbol of his personal signature in fashion design.
Ferré died on June 17, 2007. The previous Friday, he had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage.
The Gianfranco Ferré S.p.A. is the holding company that coordinates the fashion business of the Ferré label. It was owned by Gianfranco Ferré (Creative Director) and Franco Mattioli (Chief Financial Officer) in equal shares until it was sold to IT Holdings in March 2002.
Ferré announced that the group plans to become listed at the Milan stock exchange. In order to prepare for this movement Ferré started to rearrange the holding significantly. First step was the recruitment of experienced management personnel under the guide of Giuseppe Cipriano. Next step is the reduction of the number of subsidiaries from today 21 to four or five in the future. Another move is the acquisition of the apparel producer Dei Mattioli, which is owned by Mattioli. Ferré also seems to be interested in acquiring some of his contractors, in order to have more control over the production.
The brand was eventually sold to Dubai-based Paris Group International LLC who in 2014 officially stated that it wanted to completely disinvest in Italy, and that the business has closed as far as they were concerned.
In 2014, seven years after the designer's death, the Gianfranco Ferré Home line was launched by Jumbo Group S.R.L.
As of 2021 the www.gianfrancoferre.com website exists but shows only a landing page. | |
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| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Ferr%C3%A9 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Ferr%C3%A9) | |
| Websites | | http://www.gianfrancoferre.com/ (www.gianfrancoferre.com/) | |
| Websites | | https://www.gianfrancoferrehome.it/en/ (www.gianfrancoferrehome.it/en/) | |
| Source : | | https://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/daily-news/2014/02/gianfranco-ferre-leaves-italy (www.vogue.it/en/magazine/daily-news/2014/02/gianfranco-ferre-leaves-italy) | |
| Relations : | | Previously known as : Gianfranco Ferré (Brand) | |
| Relations : | | Founded by : Gianfranco Ferré 21978 | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Gianfranco Ferré SpA- 2002 | |
| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Paris Group International LLC- 2014 (closure) | |
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| Name | Ferre | Ferré | |
| Relations : | Previously known as : Gianfranco Ferré (Brand) | Also known as : Gianfranco Ferré (Brand) | |