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For the garment and perfume brand, see Nina Ricci (brand).
Nina Ricci[1]
Born
Maria Nielli[1]

1883[1]
Turin, Italy[1]
Died1970[1]
OccupationFashion designer[2]
Known forCo-founder of Nina Ricci[3]
Spouse(s)Luigi Ricci
(m.1904, widowed).[4]
Children1[5]
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Nina Ricci

Nina Ricci (born Maria Nielli; 1883 – 1970) was an Italian-born French fashion designer.[1][2][4]

She was born in Turin, Italy, and moved to France at the age of 12.[2][4]

At the age of 13, she began an apprenticeship at a dressmaker's.[6]

In 1904, she married Luigi Ricci.[4] They had one child, Robert, and later she became a widow at the age of 27.[1][5]

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 beauty and fashion group Puig since 1998.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Nina Ricci (1883-1970) | Education | BoF". Businessoffashion.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. ^ a b c "Nina Ricci - Vogue.it". www.vogue.it. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  3. ^ a b "PUIG". PUIG. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  4. ^ a b c d Name *. "Nina Ricci biography". Catwalkyourself.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  5. ^ a b "Nina Ricci Handbags & Accessories". Luxussachen.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  6. ^ Mosiello, Laura; Reynolds, Susan (2009-02-18). The Portable Italian Mamma: Guilt, Pasta, and When Are You Giving Me Grandchildren?. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781440520396.
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