The Fashions Of Gianfranco Ferre

A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre as part of Milan fashion week's Spring/Summer 2005 collections presentation. Ferre began his career as an accessories designer in 1970.

British top model Naomi Campbell, on the runway in a design by Gianfranco Ferre during his Spring/Summer 2001 ready-to-wear fashion show in Milan Oct. 5, 2000. Ferre has a degree in architechture, which is reflected in the engineering of this dress that somehow manages to cover and reveal at the same time.

Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre presented this garnet-red velvet bustier dress with a large floral print red organza skirt for Christian Dior's 1992/93 Fall/Winter Haute Couture collection, July 27, 1992. Ferre became the legendary fashion house's top designer in 1989.

A model strolls down the catwalk in Paris wearing a long sheath dress made of gold velvet panne and long brown printed taffeta silk cape created by Gianfranco Ferre for the Christian Dior 1993/94 Fall/Winter haute couture collection, July 19, 2003.

A Chinese model shows off a black leather pierced undergarment with a black long gown by Italian stylist Gianfranco Ferre during his presentation of collections April 27, 2001 in Shanghai. (FILM) Ferre started his own label in 1974.

A model presents a design by Gianfranco Ferre, a draped pink silk evening gown inspired by Hollywood movie stars like Gardner, Hayworth and Bacall for Christian Dior's Spring-Summer 1996 ready-to-wear collections presented in Paris Oct. 13, 1995.

Children present fashion of the Gianfranco Ferre winter 2005/2006 collection during the Pitti Immagine Bimbo fashion show in Florence, Jan. 21, 2005.

Indian models walk down the ramp as they display outfits by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre in New Delhi, Nov. 24, 2005. Ferre presented "Festa Italiana 2005," a wide selection of designs from the past as well as from the Spring/Summer 2006.

Daytime television talk show host Oprah Winfrey wore a gown by Gianfranco Ferre to the 76th Annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004.

A model shows off a metallic bag by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre during the Spring/Summer 2007 women's collections, Sept. 29, 2006 in Milan.

A model displays a creation by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre during Fall-Winter 2007 men's collection of Milan's fashion week, Jan. 15, 2007.

A model presents a creation by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre during the Spring/Summer 2007 women's collections, Sept. 29, 2006 in Milan.

"A true artist, pure, a beautiful person who will be missed by the whole fashion world," said designer Roberto Cavalli, describing Gianfranco Ferre.

Here, a model shows one of Ferre's designs during the Spring/Summer 2007 women's collections, Sept. 29, 2006 in Milan.

A model presents a creation by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre during the Spring/Summer 2007 women's collections, Sept. 29, 2006 in Milan.

"He was a great couturier who knew how to create an absolute chic with details that I will never get tired of looking at and that will remain in the history of fashion" Donatella Versace told Italy's ANSA news agency.

In this photo, a model presents a creation by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre during the Spring/Summer 2007 women's collections, Sept. 29, 2006 in Milan.

Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre receives applause for his Spring/Summer 2007 women's collection on Sept. 29, 2006, in Milan.

Singer Beyonce Knowles attends the Gianfranco Ferre Spring/Summer 2004 Collection fashion show at Bryant Park during the 7th on Sixth Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week on Sept. 12, 2003, in New York.

"When I think of Gianfranco Ferre, the idea that comes immediately to mind is the dignity, the calm, the sense of responsibility that he brought to his work," Giorgio Armani said, according to the ANSA news agency.

Here, a model presents a creation by Ferre, during the Fall/Winter 2006/2007 women's ready to wear collection in Milan Feb. 24, 2006.

A model displays a creation by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre during Fall-Winter 2007 men's collection of Milan's fashion week, Jan. 15, 2007. Ferre created his first menswear collection in 1982.

A model displays a creation by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre during Fall-Winter 2007 men's collection of Milan's fashion week, Jan. 15, 2007.