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Milan Fashion Week – Menswear spring/summer 2008 |
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The international menswear fashion shows kicked off on Saturday in Milan. After a mass, held in memory of Gianfranco Ferre, who died last week, such fashion houses as Jil Sander, Burberry Prorsum, Missoni, Gianni Versace and Bottega Veneta presented their collections for spring/summer 2008.
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Roberto Cavalli will create a one-off collection for women and men exclusively for H&M. The line, that will consist of menswear, 20 pieces, and womenswear, 25 pieces, including lingerie plus matching accessories, will be available in 200 selected H&M stores worldwide for a limited period of time starting from November 8th 2007.
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Italian Fashion Designer Gianfranco Ferre Dies |
 Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the “architect of fashion” for his signature sculpted silhouettes, died on Sunday. The 62-year-old designer was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Friday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage.
Gianfranco Ferre, whose celebrity clients included Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone, Oprah Winfrey, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Diana, originally worked as a jewellery and accessories designer, before launching his ready-to-wear label in 1978. From 1989 Ferre was artistic director at French fashion house Christian Dior. In 1996 the designer returned to Milan and designed his own men’s and women’s collections. In 2000 Gianfranco Ferré and his business partner Franco Mattioli sold 90 percent of the company to Gruppo Tonino Perna, the parent of Italian fashion group IT Holding, but the designer stayed on as creative director.
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2007 CFDA Fashion Awards announced |
 Oscar de la Renta and Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez won the prestigious Womenwear Designer of the Year Award at this year’s CFDA’s. Menswear designer of the year was won by Ralph Lauren, who was up against Steven Cox and Daniel Silver for Duckie Brown, and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein. Lauren also received the first-ever American Fashion Legend Award to celebrate his 40-year career. Oprah Winfrey honored Lauren with the award.
“When you hear it’s so Ralph Lauren, it’s very understood. The name evokes an image ... a lifestyle we all wish we could live,” she said. “He’s admired, imitated but never equalled,” she added.
“I never went to fashion school,” Lauren said to the young designers in the audience. “American fashion is just starting - and the world needs your originality,” he continued.
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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has parted ways with Victoria’s Secret |
 Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen had parted company with lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret and has signed a multi-million dollar deal to become the new face of cosmetic giant Cacharel’s new fragrance Liberte.
“Gisele Bundchen embodies perfectly our fragrance Liberte. She stands for the freedom and independence of young women,” Alexander Keller, a spokesperson for Cacharel Perfumes Germany has said.
“I am so happy and so grateful that I am in a situation, where I can be myself, speak out openly, can do what is important to me and have the freedom to live my life in a way that I can be content with it. I think Liberte is a very strong word and a cool project. Everybody should work on being free. That should be everybody’s mission for 2007: Work on being free!” Bundchen added.
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