Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre, who died this weekend at the age of 62, was buried Tuesday in his northern hometown of Legnano in a ceremony attended by his peers and admirers, AFP reported.
The service was held at Legnano’s basilica where a huge crowd of mourners turned up, including top designers Giorgio Armani, Donatella Versace, Valentino and Ottavio Missoni.
The designer, whose training as an architect had a crucial influence on his approach to fashion, died Sunday in a Milan hospital after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage.
Ferre, who suffered from diabetes, had already had two strokes in the past but managed to recover, without paying heed to medical advice.
The catwalk show of his men’s spring-summer 2008 collection will go ahead as planned on Sunday.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 at 12:25 am and is filed under Fashion, Modeling, Lifestyle. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.