Gattinoni, Fernanda (1906–2002)
Gattinoni, Fernanda (1906–2002)
Italian fashion designer. Born Dec 2, 1906, in Cocquio Trevisago, Lombardy, Italy; died Nov 26, 2002, in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Worked for the Molineaux fashion house in London; opened her own company in Italy (1945) and was credited with reviving the high-waist, flared-silhouette Empire designs; dressed Audrey Hepburn, Anna Magnani, Kim Novak, Ingrid Bergman, Eva Peron, and Jackie Kennedy, among others. Nominated for Academy Award for her costuming of Hepburn in War and Peace (1956).
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