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Italian stylist and entrepreneur

Micol Fontana (8 November 1913 – 12 June 2015) was an Italian stylist and entrepreneur, co-founder of the Sorelle Fontana fashion house.^[1][2] She was 101 years old when she died.

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Biography

Born in Traversetolo, Parma, Micol Fontana and her sisters Zoe and Giovanna moved to Rome in 1936 to launch a fashion career. They worked small jobs in the industry and finally opened their own shop, Casa di moda sorelle Fontana, in 1943.^[3]

She founded the S.I.A.M. - Italian High Fashion Syndicate in 1953, along with her sisters and other famous fashion designers such as Alberto Fabiani, Vincenzo Ferdinandi, Emilio Schuberth, Jole Veneziani, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Mingolini-Guggenheim, Eleanora Garnett, and Simonetta.^[4]

In 1957, the sisters designed Linda Christian's wedding dress for her marriage to Tyrone Power.^[3]

Following the deaths of her sisters and the selling of the company a Az olasz Fontana divatikonokat teremtett az 50-es években MAXO