Genny
Italian ready-to-wear manufacturer
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Genny is an Italian ready-to-wear manufacturer founded in Ancona in 1962 by Arnaldo Girombelli.
Ancona, Marche, Italy
Donatella Girombelli
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1962 Ancona, Marche, Italy |
| Founder | Arnaldo Girombelli, Donatella Girombelli |
| Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sara Cavazza Facchini, (Creative Director) Mathias Facchini, (CEO) |
| Products | Women's ready-to-wear, accessories, Fashion Jewelry, Leather goods, shoes, perfumes, eyewear |
| Parent | Swinger International S.p.A. |
| Website | www.genny.com |
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History
Born in Ancona, Arnaldo Girombelli was the owner of a boutique with an adjacent small tailor workshop for skirts and blouses in his hometown. After gradually expanding the workshop and increasing the number of seamstresses, in 1962 he founded a label for his creations, "Genny", named after his eldest daughter.[1][2]
In the second half of the 1960s Genny started to have a large success thanks to a line of pleated oblique skirts obtained through a new treatment technique of cloth,[1] then in 1973 it introduced a youthful line, "Byblos", and Gianni Versace became its designer.[1][3] Later, Guy Paulin and his assistant Christian Lacroix replaced Versace at Byblos, while Versace launched another Genny's experimental line, "Complice".[3] In 1983, Byblos became an independent company.[2] After the death of Girombelli, his wife Donatella became the chairwoman of the group.[3]
