Nina Ricci
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Born | Maria Nielli
[1] 1883 [1] |
Died | [2] [1] | 28 November 1970
Occupation | Fashion designer [3] |
Known for | Co-founder of Nina Ricci [4] |
Spouse(s) | Luigi Ricci (m.1904, widowed). [5] [1] |
Children | 1 [6] |
Nina Ricci (born Maria Nielli; 1883 – 1970) was an Italian-born French fashion designer. [1] [3] [5]
She was born in Turin, Italy, and moved to France at the age of 12. [3] [5]
At the age of 13, she began an apprenticeship at a dressmaker's. [7]
In 1904, she married Luigi Ricci. [5] They had one child, Robert. [1] [6]
In 1908, she joined the House of Raffin, where she remained for decades. [1]
She and her son Robert founded the fashion house Nina Ricci in Paris in 1932; it has been owned by the Spanish company Puig since 1998. [4]