Marta Ferri

Ferri was born on 21 July 1984 in Milan, Italy. She is the daughter of Barbara Frua de Angeli, an interior decorator, and Fabrizio Ferri, a photographer.^[1]

After completing school, Ferri moved to New York City for four years and worked as a set designer, assistant photographer, digital tech assistant, personal assistant, and photo shoot producer. In 2009, she moved back to Italy and began working for Prada as a visual merchandiser. After a year and a half in Italy, she moved to Argentina and started a jewellery line called Nuda. While in Argentina, she began experimenting with fabrics and making handmade dresses. She opened her own atelier, Banner, in Milan.^[2][3] She sells her dresses, which are exclusively made-to-measure, at her atelier.^[4] Her first dress collection debuted in December 2010.^[5] She references Isabella Rossellini as a style inspiration.^[6] In May 2014, Ferri was invited by the Italian Embassy in Argentina to present her spring collection.^[7] In November 2014 she modeled in an advertisement campaign for Buccellati.^[8]

In 2016, Ferri collaborated with Italian textile company Molteni & C. to create new and modern designs.^[5][9] In 2019, she developed capsule collections with Sergio Rossi^[10] and with the shoe designer Rothy's.^[11]

She married her childhood friend Carlo Ludovico Borromeo at Pantelleria on 30 June 2012.^[1][12] Guests made donations to the Italian Association for Cancer Research and the Foundation for Research on Cystic Fibrosis on behalf of the couple.^[13] Her husband, a member of the House of Borromeo, is the son of Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona and a brother of Beatrice Borromeo and a half-brother of Matilde Borromeo. She and Carlo have four children.^[14][15] She lives in a Palazzo in the old Milan, a building that was previously owned by the painter Giuseppe Bossi.^[16]

In August 2015 she was named on a Vogue best-dressed list after attending the wedding of her sister-in-law, Beatrice Borromeo, and Pierre Casiraghi.^[17][18]