Dior by Gianfranco Ferré (book)

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Dior by Gianfranco Ferré (book) 320 pages, more than 200 illustrations, English language, published in January 2019, Publisher Assouline. New book in blister in its personalized cardboard box (see photo). Author Alexander Fury.

Of all the great Parisian fashion houses, Dior is perhaps the most famous and prestigious in the world, embodying Christian Dior’s sublime vision of femininity. After Yves Saint Laurent and Marc Bohan, both hired by Christian Dior himself, the Italian couturier Gianfranco Ferré, a graduate in architecture from the Polytechnic School of Milan, was chosen in 1989 as the new artistic director of the house of Dior.

Ferré’s odes to the essence of Christian Dior’s style helped cement the house’s iconography for a new era. Known for his sense of architecture, his love of feminine silhouettes, the extravagance and opulence of bright colors and sumptuous fabrics, and dynamic draping, Ferré redefined the notion of “Dior” as a style, a code , a spirit.

This handsome volume features Gianfranco Ferré’s most iconic haute couture designs for Dior, from the Ascot-Cecil Beaton Fall/Winter 1989 collection to the Indian Passion Fall/Winter 1996 collection. Fashion journalist Alexander Fury Eloquently explores Ferré’s vision for balancing his own taste and that of Christian Dior, reinterpreting Dior’s elegant style for the 1990s and a new generation of customers and fashion watchers.

Dior by Gianfranco Ferré is the fourth volume in an unpublished series of books dedicated to each designer of the Dior house, the ultimate collection of the most memorable haute couture creations designed and handcrafted by the famous fashion house since its creation. . Carefully curated in the world’s greatest museums and institutions, these fashion treasures have been lovingly photographed by Laziz Hamani and exclusively compiled for this must-have collection.

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