Born: Rome, Italy, 1943
With designs that are quiet, clean and spare, in classic fabrics and neutral colours, Laura Biagiotti has forged a reputation for understated Italian clothing that needs no concepts or gimmicks to sell it. Biagiotti studied literature and archaeology before returning to the family’s ready-to-wear company in 1962. She worked with Roberto Cappuci and freelanced with a host of other Italian designers before founding her own label. Italian in thinking but international in attitude, the Laura Biagiotti label sells as far afield as Thailand, China and Moscow.
