Consuelo Castiglioni (born 1959) is a

fashion designer Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applied arts, applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has va ...

. She founded the fashion label

Marni The name Marni originates from several languages, including Hebrew, meaning "rejoice", and Latin as a variant of "Marina (given name), Marina", meaning "of the sea". It also has derivations from Goidelic languages, Gaelic and Swahili language, Swa ...

in 1994.

Biography

She is part Chilean and was born and raised in the Italian-Swiss town of

Lugano, Switzerland Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...

."Creative Chic." ''Vogue'' (May 2007): 258-259, 303-304. Though she has no training in fashion,"Fashion Upstart Leaves Family Business to Create Brand."
Shanghai Daily (April 18, 2006). she founded the fashion label

in 1994 with her husband Gianni Castiglioni and her step-sister Marina Castiglioni. 'Marni' was her step-sister's nickname. The label's first collection was fur-only. In 2001, she released the iconic Fussbett Sandal from recycled tires and straw, and expanded to menswear in 2002. In 2009 she worked with

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on geometric designs for Marni. The brand has been worn by celebrities such as

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and

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. Castiglioni was ranked in ''

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'''s 2010 “''100 most creative people in business''”. In 2012, the Castiglioni family sold 60% of Marni to

Renzo Rosso Renzo Rosso (born 1955) is an Italian entrepreneur and a businessman. He is the founder of Diesel and the president of OTB Group, the parent company of Maison Margiela, Marni, Viktor & Rolf, Jil Sander. In 2022, Forbes estimated his net wo ...

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. In 2013, the brand launched its first, eponymous, fragrance licensing with Estée Lauder Companies. The Castiglionis sold their remaining shares to OTB in 2015. In 2016, Castiglioni stepped down as creative director of Marni citing a desire to focus on her personal life, and was succeeded by Francesco Risso. In 2018, Castiglioni's daughter Carolina Castiglioni launched her own fashion label named Plan C.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Castiglioni, Consuelo 1959 births Living people Italian fashion designers Italian women fashion designers Swiss fashion designers Swiss women fashion designers People from Lugano