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Consuelo Castiglioni

Consuelo Castiglioni (born 1959) is a Swiss fashion designer. She founded the fashion label Marni in 1994.

Biography

Castiglioni is part Chilean and was born and raised in the Italian-speaking town of Lugano, Switzerland.[1][2]

Though she has no training in fashion,[3] she founded the fashion label Marni in 1994 with her husband Gianni Castiglioni and her step-sister Marina "Marni" Castiglioni (whence the brand name). The label's first collection was fur-only.[4]

In 2001, she released the Fussbett Sandal from recycled tires and straw, and expanded to menswear in 2002.[4] In 2009 she worked with Kim Gordon on geometric designs for Marni.

The brand has been worn by celebrities such as Cindy Sherman, Kyra Sedgwick and Gwyneth Paltrow. Castiglioni was ranked in Fast Company 's 2010 "100 most creative people in business".[5]

In 2012, the Castiglioni family sold 60% of Marni to Renzo Rosso's OTB Group.[6] In 2013, the brand launched its first, eponymous, fragrance licensing with Estée Lauder Companies.[7] The Castiglionis sold their remaining shares to OTB in 2015.[8] In 2016, Castiglioni stepped down as creative director of Marni citing a desire to focus on her personal life, and was succeeded by Francesco Risso.[9]

In 2018, Castiglioni's daughter Carolina Castiglioni launched her own fashion label named Plan C.[10]

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References

  1. Susie Rushton. Behind every Marni is a great woman The New Zealand Herald, 27 March 2007, retrieved 11 January 2013^
  2. "Creative Chic." Vogue (May 2007): 258-259, 303-304.^
  3. "Fashion Upstart Leaves Family Business to Create Brand." Shanghai Daily (April 18, 2006).^
  4. Lorenzo Salamone. Remembering Consuelo Castiglioni's time at Marni nss magazine, 2022-09-09, retrieved 2024-07-30^
  5. Consuelo Castiglioni – Most Creative People 2010 Fast Company, 2010, retrieved 2010-09-05^
  6. Il "lusso gentile" di Marni fa il suo ingresso nell'orbita di Otb www.fashionmagazine.it, 2012-12-20, retrieved 2024-07-30^
  7. Naomi Attwood. The scent of Marni: Italian label launches its first fragrance Independent, 11 February 2013^
  8. Angela Gonzalez-Rodriguez. Renzo Rosso's OTB Group acquires 100 percent of Marni FashionUnited, 2015-11-23, retrieved 2024-02-06^
  9. Alex James Taylor. Consuelo Castiglioni leaves Marni Hero, 21 October 2016, retrieved 2024-02-06^
  10. Karin Nelson. Carolina Castiglioni, Daughter of Marni Founder Consuelo Castiglioni, Is Designing Her Own Collection Now W Magazine, 2018-11-08, retrieved 2024-02-06^