Gianfranco Ferré: Precise, Comfortable & A Sartorial Must
By Michelle Taylor
Photos by Giovanni Pucci

MILAN, Jan 20, 2004/ FW/ ---If it is true that the outside is a reflection of the inside, then the man who dresses in Gianfranco Ferré is body conscious yet practical.

The autumn winter collection for 2004/05 is soft, yet fitted.

Tight riding jackets with elevated gold buttons that heighten the waist and give importance to ties, important shoulder and collars, and long crutches on pants at times jodhpur in style, elongate and accentuate the male form giving him a regal silhouette.

Ferré is precise, yet comfortable, taking sartorial musts and deconstructing them at times displaying nonetheless, a timeless and dandy look.

Fabrics and skins are elite and luxurious, white mink lining in black coats and woven badger collars are placed on heavy brown coats. Shark, toad and chiguire skins are used not only for accessories but also for key elements.

Slim fitting knitwear accompanies jeans and tailored trousers, pinstripe and motocross pants. Sportive at times, demonstrated not only through cuts, but functionality through the use of zips and piping on jackets and tops, elements all of which, nonetheless continue to contour the active shapes of his thoroughbred males.

The finale of period piece jackets was a treat, alluding to individual and handmade portable works of art with the visible and unfinished seams adding to their charm.

Embroidered shirts are highly sort after in the chance to be readily romantic and enchanting.

Rigor and tradition mixed with contemporary riding influences, whether the horse or motorcycle kind, fuse together to give a collection that expresses the multi ideals and canons that makes up the man of today.

Gianfranco Ferré

Gianfranco Ferré

Gianfranco Ferré

Gianfranco Ferré