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Fernanda Gattinoni

Italian fashion designer (1906–2002)

Fernanda Gattinoni (2 December 1906 – 27 November 2002) was an Italian fashion designer who was the founder of the Gattinoni atelier. She left Italy at age 17 and worked as an apprentice for the London-based Molineaux fashion house.2

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Born Dec 20, 1906, died Nov 26, 2002.1

About

Gattinoni returned to Italy in 1930 to become head of the creative department for the Ventura atelier after declining an offer to work for Chanel in Paris. In 1946, she established the Gattinoni atelier and designed costumes for Italian notability and notable foreign figures. Gattinoni earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design with her design of Audrey Hepburn's attire in the 1956 film War and Peace. She was appointed Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in July 1998. A biography on Gattinoni was published in 2010 and a garden in Rome was named after the fashion designer four years later.

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Career

Occupation: fashion designer, businessperson.4

Personal life

  • BornDec 20, 1906, Cocquio-Trevisago5
  • DiedNov 26, 2002, Rome6
  • CitizenshipKingdom of Italy, Italy7
  • ResidenceRome8

Gattinoni had one son. She was appointed Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, the Italian President, in July 1998. In December 2001, Gattinoni earned "La Lupa" recognition from the City of Rome. On 25 November 2002, she was working at her headquarters in Rome when she became unwell and was transported to Policlinico Umberto I hospital. Gattinoni died of an unspecified illness two days later on the morning of 27 November 2002.

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Awards

  • 1998Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic9

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