Wanda Ferragamo
Wanda Ferragamo (Miletti; 18 December 1921 – 19 October 2018) was an Italian fashion designer and businesswoman. She was the head designer of Ferragamo. 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.
Wanda Ferragamo
Libro. "La moda in società da archivi privati italiani" (1900-1959) pag. 182 · Public domain
- Name
- Wanda Ferragamo
- Birth Name
- Wanda Miletti
- Born
- 18 December 1921
- Birthplace
- Bonito, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 18 October 2018
- Place of death
- Florence, Italy
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- designer
- Languages
- Italian
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Wanda Ferragamo (Miletti; 18 December 1921 – 19 October 2018) was an Italian fashion designer and businesswoman. She was the head designer of Ferragamo. 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.
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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. After the wedding, they moved to a villa near Fiesole, Florence. 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. 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. She died in Florence on October 18, 2018 at the age of 96.
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• Name — Wanda Ferragamo • Birth Name — Wanda Miletti • Born — 18 December 1921 • Birthplace — Bonito, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 18 October 2018 • Place of death — Florence, Italy • Children — 6: • Fiamma • Ferruccio • Giovanna • Fulvia • Leonardo • Massimo • Father — Fulvio Miletti • Label Name — Ferragamo • Relatives — James Ferragamo (grandson)
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1921
Wanda Ferragamo was born on 23 December 1921.
2018
Wanda Ferragamo died in 2018 at Fiesole.
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