Laura Biagiotti was an Italian fashion designer, and the founder of the House of Biagiotti.
11 Facts About Laura Biagiotti
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Laura Biagiotti's mother Delia Soldaini Biagiotti was a successful dressmaker who designed the uniforms for Alitalia staff in 1964.
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Laura Biagiotti worked with her mother for several years during which she met her future husband Gianni Cigna.
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Laura Biagiotti entered into a business partnership with Cigna and opened her first store in Florence.
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The House of Laura Biagiotti is listed among the largest fashion houses in Italy.
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Laura Biagiotti moved to Beijing and, in April 1988, was the first Italian designer to present a collection in China.
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Laura Biagiotti received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2011.
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Laura's daughter Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna entered the family business in 1997 and became the company's vice president in 2005.
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From 1980 until her death in 2017, Laura Biagiotti lived and worked in the Roman countryside, in the restored 11th-century Marco Simone Castle.
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Laura Biagiotti lived there with her husband Gianni Cigna until his death in August 1996.
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Laura Biagiotti was the President of the Leonardo Committee, composed of prominent Italians in the fields of industry, art and culture, from 2000 to 2008, and became its Honorary President in 2009.