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The daughter of a dressmaker, Alberta Ferretti opened her first boutique in
Cattolica, Italy, at the age of 18, and designed her first collection in
1974. She founded her eponymous label in 1980 and showed her ready-to-wear
collection on the catwalk in Milan the following year. The line has gained a
following for her ultrafeminine cocktail dresses and red-carpet-worthy
evening gowns in fluttery bolts of chiffon, draped georgette, charmeuse, and
satin. Alberta’s brother, Massimo, joined the company in 1981, and the pair
formed Aeffe, a manufacturing company that also produces Moschino, Moschino
Cheap & Chic, Pollini, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Basso & Brooke. In 1984,
Ferretti launched a younger, dressed-down spinoff brand, Philosophy di
Alberta Ferretti (originally called Ferretti Jeans Philosophy). |
