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Consuelo Castiglioni
Fashion designer
Consuelo Castiglioni (born 1959) is a fashion designer. She founded the fashion label Marni in 1994.
Biography
She is part Chilean and was born and raised in the Italian-Swiss town of Lugano, Switzerland.[1][2]
Though she has no training in fashion,[3] she founded the fashion label Marni in 1994 with her husband Gianni Castiglioni and her step-sister Marina Castiglioni.
'Marni' was her step-sister's nickname.
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The label's first collection was fur-only.[4]
In 2001, she released the iconic Fussbett Sandal from recycled tires and straw, and expanded to menswear in 2002.[4] In 2009 she worked with Kim Gordon on geometric designs for Marni.
The brand has been worn by celebrities such as Cindy Sherman, Kyra Sedgwick and Gwyneth Paltrow. Castiglioni was ranked in Fast Company's 2010 “100 most creative people in business”.[5]
In 2012, the Castiglioni family sold 60% of Marni