Bianca Mosca

Bianca Mosca
Born
Bianca Lea Rosa Mottironi

Italy
Died(1950-06-16)June 16, 1950[1]
Paris
OccupationFashion designer
Notable creditFounder member of Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers
1945 Bianca Mosca wedding dress, part of her work with IncSoc, modelled by actress Peggy Bryan and designed to be worn in the British horror film Dead of Night

Bianca Mosca, born Bianca Lea Rosa Mottironi,[2][3] was a London-based fashion designer who rose to prominence during the 1940s and was the only woman member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (IncSoc), which represented the interests of the British couture industry. In her heyday she was described as "one of the big 10 of the British fashion world",[4] the others being Digby Morton, Norman Hartnell, Charles Creed, Molyneux, Worth, Mattli, Victor Stiebel, Hardy Amies, and Peter Russell.[5] Her firm closed in 1949, a year before her death.

  1. ^ "Dress Designer's Death in Paris". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1950. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
  3. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
  4. ^ "Madame Bianca Mosca", Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 20 June 1950, page 4
  5. ^ "Design for Dollars", The Sketch, 2 March 1949, pages 30-31