Nina Ricci (designer)
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OccupationFashion designer[3]
KnownforCo-founder of Nina Ricci[4]
Nina Ricci[1] | |
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| Born | Maria Nielli[1] 1883[1] |
| Died | 28 November 1970[2][1] |
| Occupation | Fashion designer[3] |
| Known for | Co-founder of Nina Ricci[4] |
| Spouse(s) | Luigi Ricci (m.1904, widowed).[5][1] |
| Children | 1[6] |
Nina Ricci (born Maria Nielli; 1883 – 1970) was an Italian-born French fashion designer.[1][3][5]
She was born in Turin, Italy, and moved to France at the age of 12.[3][5]
At the age of 13, she began an apprenticeship at a dressmaker's.[7]
In 1904, she married Luigi Ricci,[5] a music composer and jeweler.[8] They had one child, Robert.[1][6]
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 company Puig since 1998.[4]
