Genny is an Italian ready-to-wear manufacturer founded in Ancona in 1962 by Arnaldo Girombelli.
History
Born in Ancona, Arnaldo Girombelli was the owner of a boutique with an adjacent small tailor workshop for skirts and blouses in his hometown. After gradually expanding the workshop and increasing the number of seamstresses, in 1962 he founded a label for his creations, "Genny", named after his eldest daughter.[1][2]
In the second half of the 1960s Genny started to have a large success thanks to a line of pleated oblique skirts obtained through a new treatment technique of cloth,[1] then in 1973 it introduced a youthful line, "Byblos", and Gianni Versace became its designer.[1][3] Later, Guy Paulin and his assistant Christian Lacroix replaced Versace at Byblos, while Versace launched another Genny's experimental line, "Complice".[3] In 1983, Byblos became an independent company.[2] After the death of Girombelli, his wife Donatella became the chairwoman of the group.[3]
Acquisitions
In 2001 Prada acquired the label, and Genny stopped its production in 2004.[4] In 2011 the label was acquired by Swinger International S.p.A., which decided to relaunch the brand and appointed Gabriele Colangelo as the new designer.[4]
Recognition
On 21 July 2018, the brand received Tao Award for fashion during the Taomoda event in Taormina.[5]
See also
- Italian fashion
- Made in Italy
External links
References
- Fabrizio De Marinis. Una fortuna nelle pieghe della gonna La Repubblica, 8 July 1988, retrieved 4 September 2015^
- Richard Harrison Martin. Contemporary Fashion St. James Press, 1995^
- Michael Gross. A portrait of Genny New York, 11 March 1991, retrieved 4 September 2015^
- Eric Wilson. Genny Is Back on the Runway The New York Times, 22 September 2011, retrieved 4 September 2015^
- Martino Carrera. Genny Receives Tao Award for Fashion WWD, 23 July 2018, retrieved 24 July 2018^