Nina Ricci (designer)

For the garment and perfume brand, see Nina Ricci (brand).

Nina Ricci[1]
Born
Maria Nielli[1]

1883[1]
Turin, Italy[2][1]
Died(1970-11-28)28 November 1970[2][1]
OccupationFashion designer[3]
Known forCo-founder of Nina Ricci[4]
Spouse(s)Luigi Ricci
(m.1904, widowed).[5][1]
Children1[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] 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]

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  2. ^ a b "Nina Ricci, Couturiere, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. 30 November 1970. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Nina Ricci - Vogue.it". www.vogue.it. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b "PUIG". PUIG. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "Nina Ricci biography". Catwalkyourself.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Nina Ricci Handbags & Accessories". Luxussachen.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. ^ Mosiello, Laura; Reynolds, Susan (18 February 2009). The Portable Italian Mamma: Guilt, Pasta, and When Are You Giving Me Grandchildren?. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781440520396.