Nino Cerruti was an Italian businessman and stylist.
13 Facts About Nino Cerruti
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Nino Cerruti founded his own haute couture house, Cerruti 1881, in 1967 in Paris.
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Nino Cerruti managed the Italian family business Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti, which was founded in 1881 by his grandfather.
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Nino Cerruti became the head of the family woollen business, after his father's untimely death.
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Nino Cerruti's grandfather had founded a textile mill in Biella in 1881.
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The first Nino Cerruti boutique opened in 1967 in Place de la Madeleine in Paris, where Nino Cerruti moved the company's headquarters in order to be closer to the international fashion capital.
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Nino Cerruti is known for its classic wool suits and for always having tried to match the everyday challenges its owner faced.
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In 1978, the Cerruti house made an entry into the world of fine fragrance with Nino Cerruti pour Homme which was to be followed by Cerruti 1881 pour Homme in 1990 and Cerruti Image in 1998, among other fragrances.
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From Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Woman to Basic Instinct, the brand Nino Cerruti designed clothes for actors such as Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Robert Redford, Harrison Ford, Al Pacino, and Jean Paul Belmondo.
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Nino Cerruti made cameo appearances in the following Hollywood movies: Holy Man, Catwalk, and Cannes Man.
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In 1994, Nino Cerruti was the official designer of Scuderia Ferrari.
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Nino Cerruti did not cut all ties with the fashion house, and always attended the Cerruti fashion shows, seated in the front row.
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Nino Cerruti died from complications of hip surgery in Vercelli, on 15 January 2022, at the age of 91.