Exhibition “Gianfranco Ferré. Design Principles”

The genius of Gianfranco Ferré on display in Los Angeles
The Italian Cultural Institute plays host to an exhibition of the designer’s iconic designs and garments, ‘Gianfranco Ferré. Design Principles’.

From 8 February to 15 May at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, a piece of the history of Italian fashion will be on display in the exhibition ‘Gianfranco Ferré. Design Principles’, curated by the Gianfranco Ferré Research Centre at the Politecnico di Milano.

The exhibition explores Gianfranco Ferré’s unique approach to fashion design through a selection of drawings and iconic garments, offering visitors an immersive experience enriched by digital connection with the Ferré archive through images and videos that provide a closer look at the story of the exhibition.

The inauguration will be held on Wednesday 8 February at 6pm (3 am in Italy). After an initial welcome by the Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles, Silvia Chiave, and the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, Emmanuel Amendola, there will be addresses by Paula Bertola, professor of Design at the Politecnico di Milano, and Rita Airaghi, Steer Advisor of the Gianfranco Ferré Research Centre, curators of the exhibition.

The introduction will be followed by a panel discussion with  Dennita Sewell, professor at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts – fashion expert and former curator of the exhibitions Gianfranco Ferré Designs and The White Shirt According to Me: Gianfranco Ferré, presented in 2016 by the Phoenix Art Museum – and David Paul and Nick Verreos, Co-Chairs of the Department of Fashion Design, Fashion Design Advanced Study, Film & TV Costume Design at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles.

The Gianfranco Ferré Research Centre, Digital Innovation for Creative and Cultural Industries was established in December 2021 by the Politecnico di Milano following the Ferré family’s donation of the archive and the building of the historic Gianfranco Ferré Foundation.