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Italian fashion company

Blufin S.p.A. is an Italian fashion house founded by Anna Molinari and her late husband Gianpaolo Tarabini. The core brand is Blumarine, which they started in 1977, followed by Miss Blumarine (1987, 8- to 14-year-old girls), Blugirl (1995, for teenagers) and Anna Molinari (1995), which is being repositioned as their luxury brand.2 It is headquartered in Carpi.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1977Founded1
  • Industryfashion1
  • HeadquartersCarpi1
  • Founded inCarpi1
  • Websitewww.blufin.it/#/en
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1
  • LEI815600E4E90AEC22A3683
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressVIALE DELLA CHIMICA, 21, 41012 Carpi, Italy3
  • Registered withInfocamere, 018019303613

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Blufin S.p.A. is an Italian fashion house founded by Anna Molinari and her late husband Gianpaolo Tarabini. The core brand is Blumarine, which they started in 1977, followed by Miss Blumarine (1987, 8- to 14-year-old girls), Blugirl (1995, for teenagers) and Anna Molinari (1995), which is being repositioned as their luxury brand.2

Corporate structure

Blufin is part of a group headed by ECCELLENZE ITALIANE HOLDING SRL. 7 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • ECCELLENZE ITALIANE HOLDING SRL Milano, Italy
    • Blufin Carpi, Italy
    • EXELITE S.P.A Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
      • ELI S.R.L. Subsidiary · Civitanova Marche, Italy
      • LIU.JO LUXURY S.R.L. Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
      • PINKO SHOES SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA Subsidiary · Civitanova Marche, Italy
    • MARVAN S.P.A. Subsidiary · Carpi, Italy

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Blumarine was established by Anna Molinari and Gianpaolo Tarabini in 1977, in the town of Carpi in the province of Modena. The name was inspired by the couple's favourite colour and their love of the sea. In 1980 they made their first appearance at Modit in Milan, where Blumarine was named Designer of the Year, which led to their first show at Milan Fashion Week the following year. The 1986 Milan Fashion Week saw the first collection wholly designed by Anna Molinari.

As the brand took off and they started to license it to other companies, Blufin was set up in 1988 to act as a holding company. By 2006 royalties accounted for €5.5m of their income. The first Blumarine boutique was opened in the Via della Spiga, Milan in 1990; the company now sells at more than 1000 retail outlets, of which 55 are own-brand boutiques. In July 2011 the company collection was presented at the catwalk of The Brandery fashion show in Barcelona.

From Wikipedia’s article on Blufin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

The core brand is Blumarine, which has also been licensed to other companies in the fields of lingerie, accessories, wristwatches, homeware and so on; the perfume licence is held by ICR-ITF. In 2007, the company announced that it would be bringing bags and small leather accessories in-house, with a dedicated display area in the Milan shop at Via Montenapoleone 20. A major international expansion of Blumarine boutiques was then also planned, particularly in the Middle East and Asia.

The same is true of the Blugirl brand for young women, launched in 1995 and shown in the Milan international fashion shows since 2002. Dedicated boutiques have been opened in Rome, Milan, Naples, Paris, Kyiv, Kyoto, Nagoya, Taipei, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Seoul. Blugirl Folies is a brand launched in the market in 2007, aimed at younger teenage girls, integrating the Blugirl line.

The Anna Molinari brand is the Blufin brand specialized in the field of pret à porter and luxury clothing, designed from 1995 to 2004 by the daughter of the founder Rossella Tarabini.

In February 2015, the company launched a male fashion line, Blu Sport, at Milan Fashion Week.

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For its advertising campaigns, the company has been working with several high-profile photographers, including Albert Watson (1990), Helmut Newton (1993–1995), Michel Comte (1997), Ellen von Unwerth (1997), Paolo Roversi (1997–1998), Tim Walker (2001–2003), Terry Richardson (2001–2002), Craig McDean and Pamela Hanson.

From Wikipedia’s article on Blufin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Sep 6, 2022Parent Directly consolidated by ECCELLENZE ITALIANE HOLDING SRL3
  2. 1977Founded Founded in Carpi1

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