FASHION DESIGNER

Gianfranco Ferré

1944 - 2007

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Gianfranco Ferré (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaɱˈfraŋko ferˈre]; 15 August 1944 – 17 June 2007) was an Italian fashion designer also known as "the architect of fashion" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gianfranco Ferré has received more than 356,504 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gianfranco Ferré is the 26th most popular fashion designer (down from 25th in 2019), the 1,655th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,650th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Fashion Designer.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Gianfranco Ferré ranks 26 out of 51Before him are Tom Ford, Oscar de la Renta, Paul Poiret, Rose Bertin, John Galliano, and Thierry Mugler. After him are Donna Karan, Charles Frederick Worth, Halston, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, and Vera Wang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gianfranco Ferré ranks 136Before him are Agnes Baltsa, Robert C. Merton, Petar Zhekov, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, Norodom Ranariddh, and Herbert Wimmer. After him are Gary Busey, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ayad Allawi, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Ron Huldai, and Willem van Hanegem. Among people deceased in 2007, Gianfranco Ferré ranks 69Before him are Joe Zawinul, Colin McRae, Marcheline Bertrand, Yvonne De Carlo, Robert Jordan, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti. After him are Ousmane Sembène, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Lady Bird Johnson, Kiichi Miyazawa, André Gorz, and Khun Sa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gianfranco Ferré ranks 1,655 out of 5,161Before him are Cesare Ripa (1555), Lucrezia de' Medici (1470), Adriano Banchieri (1568), Corax of Syracuse (-500), Marcia (200), and Cicero Minor (-65). After him are Daniele Massaro (1961), Agostino Casaroli (1914), Pompeia (-90), Alessandro Achillini (1463), Antipope Christopher (900), and Nereo Rocco (1912).

Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Italy

Among fashion designers born in Italy, Gianfranco Ferré ranks 6Before him are Pierre Cardin (1922), Maurizio Gucci (1948), Donatella Versace (1955), Elsa Schiaparelli (1890), and Roberto Cavalli (1940). After him are Sergio Rossi (1935).