Micol Fontana

Micol Fontana (8 November 1913 – 12 June 2015) was an Italian stylist and entrepreneur.

Born in Traversetolo, Parma, along with her two sisters Micol Fontana was stylist and co-founder of the Sorelle Fontana fashion house.[1][2] In 1953, she founded together with the sisters Zoe and Giovanna and other famous fashion designers including Alberto Fabiani, Vincenzo Ferdinandi, Emilio Schuberth, Jole Veneziani, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Mingolini-Guggenheim, Eleanora Garnett and Simonetta, the S.I.A.M. - Italian High Fashion Syndicate[3]. Following the death of her sisters, and after selling the company and the brand to an Italian financial group in 1992, in 1994 Micol created the Micol Fontana Foundation, with the purpose of finding and promoting new fashion talents.[4][5]

A two-parts television miniseries based on the story of her fashion house, Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda, was broadcast on Rai 1 in 2011, with Micol Fontana making a brief cameo as herself.[6]

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References
  1. Anna Franco (12 June 2015). "Addio a Micol Fontana, leggendaria regina della moda mondiale". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. Flavia Fiorentino (12 June 2015). "Addio a Micol Fontana, la «sarta» delle dive: aveva 102 anni". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  3. "Rome, Ambasciatori Hotel - Lola Giovannelli, Emilio Schuberth, Micol Fontana, Vincenzo Ferdinandi, Stefanella Sciarra and Zoe Fontana at the foundation cocktail of SIAM - Sindacato Italiano Alta Moda".
  4. Sofia Gnoli. Un secolo di moda italiana, 1900-2000. Meltemi Editore srl, 2005. pp. 111–116. ISBN 888353428X.
  5. "Fontana, Sorelle". Treccani. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. Paolo Scotti (26 February 2011). "La vera storia delle sorelle Fontana le stiliste che vestirono Marilyn". Il Giornale. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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