Wanda Ferragamo
Italian fashion designer and businesswoman
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Wanda Ferragamo (née Miletti; 18 December 1921 – 19 October 2018) was an Italian fashion designer and businesswoman. She was the head designer of Ferragamo.
Wanda Ferragamo | |
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Ferragamo in 1987 | |
| Born | Wanda Miletti 18 December 1921 |
| Died | 18 October 2018 (aged 96) Florence, Italy |
| Label | Ferragamo |
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| Children | 6:
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| Father | Fulvio Miletti |
| Relatives | James Ferragamo (grandson) |
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She was born in Bonito, Avellino, the daughter of Fulvio Miletti, the podestà and municipal doctor of the town, physician of the Ferragamo family and their client.[1] During the summer of 1940, at the age of 18 years old, she met and then married Salvatore Ferragamo, in the church of Santa Lucia in Naples.[2] From their marriage, six children were born: Fiamma, Ferruccio, Giovanna, Fulvia, Leonardo and Massimo.
After the wedding, they moved to a villa near Fiesole, Florence. Following the death of her husband in 1960, Wanda took over the family-owned manufacturer, thus becoming the CEO for more than 20 years.[3] She grew up in a wealthy family, so she was attending school as her mother did, but she had no specific professional training: as a result, she learned how to manage a company by watching and listening to her husband.[4] Since then, the company turned from a footwear company to a ready-to-wear and fashion wear with expanded product lines, thanks also to the help of her children.[5]
She died in Florence on October 18, 2018 at the age of 96.[6][7][8]
