Adrienne Vittadini

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Adrienne Vittadini (* 1945 in Hungary ) is an American fashion designer of Hungarian descent. The fashion brand Adrienne Vittadini, founded in 1967, consists of women's clothing, accessories and perfumes. The company "Adrienne Vittadini Inc" was owned by the founder until 1999.

Life

During the Hungarian uprising in 1956, Adrienne Vittadini fled to the USA with her parents, Alexander and Aranka Toth . There she completed her education at the Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia from 1962 to 1966 . In 1965 she completed an internship with the designer Louis Féraud in Paris , and later with Emilio Pucci in Florence . In 1972 she married her friend and business partner Gianluigi Vittadini.

Career

In 1967 she started her career in New York as a designer. From 1968 to 1971 she drew the SW1-line for Rosanna division, Warnaco, Warnaco. From 1976 to 1979 the first collections for the Avanzara division, Kimberly Knits, were created.

Adrienne Vittadini presented knitwear with elastane ( Lycra ) to the companies on 7th Avenue in New York , so that in the end almost all of them accepted the then new material in their range due to its properties. This helped the designer achieve a breakthrough, which is why she was nicknamed Queen of Knitwear - roughly at the same time as Sonia Rykiel . Another contribution of the fashion designer is the use of computer-controlled techniques for elastane textile processing and pattern development. From 1984 to 1993 she designed knitwear, pants, leggings and swimsuits for, among others, Cole of California and OAS Industries. In 1990 the Adrienne Vittadini brand was registered with the United State Patent & Trademark Office under number 1601002., In 1992 the A2F ALL ABOUT FASHION brand, under number 1821422 (until 2001)

In 1992, People magazine named her among the 50 most successful people in the world. In 1995 she presented her first perfume. In 1996 "AV Options line" (later renamed "Vittadini Options line") comes onto the market. 1997 her care products "bath and body collection" appear

Since 1999, Adrienne Vittadini has spent most of her time in Sarasota , Florida , continuing to do her interior design for luxury applications and support charities such as the American Cancer Society .

From 2011 to 2012 she engaged former top models for New York Fashion Week 2012 , in particular Carmen Dell'Orefice, who was 80 at the time .

Business development

In 1979 Adrienne Vittadini founded the company AVVC together with Victor Coopersmith. In 1982 Victor Coopersmith left, Vittadini's husband took his place and the company was renamed "Adrienne Vittadini Inc". In 1987 Vopco Inc., New York, was founded as a franchisee for its creations. She opened her first boutique in Beverly Hills and Gaetana Aulenti later designed six of her boutiques, including the one on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. In 1996 this division was sold to Marisa Christina Inc. and the Beverly Hills boutique closed.

The Vittadini withdrew in 1998 from the business life back, and "Adrienne Vittadini Inc" has been at the outlet store operators 1999 De V & P Inc. sold.

In 2000, De V&P Inc. filed for bankruptcy in New York. In 2001 the "Adrienne Vittadini" brand was transferred to the Casual Corner Group. This belonged to the Retail Brand Alliance (RBA) led by the Italian Claudio Del Vecchio . The aim was to continue marketing the collections in fashion boutiques. In 2005, Claudio Del Vecchio sold the Casual Corner Group to the Gordon Brothers Group, a global consulting, restructuring and investment firm specializing in the retail, wholesale, consumer goods, commercial and industrial and real estate sectors. Adrienne Vittadini, LLC has belonged to the Authentic Brands Group (ABG, LLC) since January 2013, and the creations are sold in the retail chains Neiman Marcus , Lord & Tailor and Macy’s , among others .

In April 2017, some Ivanka Trump products under the Adrienne Vittadini label were found at the fashion discounter Stein Mart . The G-III Apparel Group , which licenses Trump's creations, took responsibility for the mislabeling and took the necessary steps to withdraw the clothing from retailers

Awards

  • 1984: Coty American Fashion Critics Award
  • 1985: Dallas Designer Sportswear Award
  • 1987: Albert Einstein Spirit of Achievement Award for Design and Business
  • 1990: Fashion Group International Award for Women Who Have Influenced Fashion
  • 1992: Metropolitan Home: Design 100 Award
  • 1993: Art of Achievement Award and the Top 50 Women Business Owners
  • 1996: Cancer Care Fashion Leadership Award
  • 2003: Moore College of Art Visionary Woman Award

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/Vi-Z/Vittadini-Adrienne.html
  2. ↑ [1] (en)
  3. ↑ The Adrienne Vittadini brand at the US Patent and Trademark Office (en )
  4. ↑ http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74336089&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch The A2F ALL ABOUT FASHION brand at the US Patent and Trademark Office (s)
  5. ↑ http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/Vi-Z/Vittadini-Adrienne.html s. fashionencyclopedia.com (en)
  6. ↑ [2]
  7. ↑ Gae Aulenti, musee d'Orsay architect, dies at 84 (en)
  8. ^ Adrienne Vittadini: Germany debut "US-Euro-Sportswear" TextilWirtschaft from August 26, 1993
  9. ↑ [3]
  10. ↑ [4]
  11. ^ Kristi Arellano: Casual Corner, partners to shutter stores in Colo. The Denver Post, October 31, 2005, accessed August 22, 2017 .
  12. ↑ (en) ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / authenticbrandsgroup.com
  13. ↑ Who is Adrienne Vittadini - and why is her name in Ivanka Trump's clothes? . In: The Guardian . April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  14. ↑ Abramson, Alana: Items From Ivanka Trump's Clothing Line Were Mislabeled as Adrienne Vittadini . In: Fortune . April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

literature

  • Milbank, Caroline Rennolds, New York Fashion: The Evolution of American Style, New York, 1989.
  • Daria, Irene, The Fashion Cycle: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Year with Bill Blass, Liz Claiborne, Donna Karan, Arnold Scaasi, and Adrienne Vittadini, New York, 1990.
  • Stegemeyer, Anne, Who's Who in Fashion, Third Edition, New York, 1996.
  • Malcolm, Trisha, Designer Knits, New York, 1998.

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personal data
SURNAME Vittadini, Adrienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fashion designer of Hungarian descent
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Hungary