Genny
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1962 Ancona, Marche, Italy |
| Founder | Arnaldo Girombelli and Donatella Girombelli |
| Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sara Cavazza Facchini (Creative Director) Mathias Facchini (CEO) |
| Products | Women's ready-to-wear, accessories, Fashion Jewelry, Leather goods, shoes, perfumes, eyewear |
| Parent | Swinger International S.p.A. |
| Website | www.genny.com |
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Genny is an Italian ready-to-wear manufacturer founded in Ancona in 1962 by Arnaldo Girombelli.
History
[edit]Born in Ancona, Arnaldo Girombelli was the owner of a boutique with an adjacent small tailor workshop for skirts and blouses in his hometown. After gradually expanding the workshop and increasing the number of seamstresses, in 1962 he founded a label for his creations, "Genny", named after his eldest daughter.[1][2]
In the second half of the 1960s Genny started to have a large success thanks to a line of pleated oblique skirts obtained through a new treatment technique of cloth,[1] then in 1973 it introduced a youthful line, "Byblos", and Gianni Versace became its designer.[1][3] Later, Guy Paulin and his assistant Christian Lacroix replaced Versace at Byblos, while Versace launched another Genny's experimental line, "Complice".[3] In 1983, Byblos became an independent company.[2] After the death of Girombelli, his wife Donatella became the chairwoman of the group.[3]
In 2001 Prada acquired the label, and Genny stopped its production in 2004.[4] In 2011 the label was acquired by Swinger International S.p.A., which decided to relaunch the brand and appointed Gabriele Colangelo as the new designer.[4]
On July 21, 2018, the brand received Tao Award for fashion during the Taomoda event in Taormina.[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fabrizio De Marinis (8 July 1988). "Una fortuna nelle pieghe della gonna". La Repubblica. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b Richard Harrison Martin (1995). Contemporary Fashion. St. James Press, 1995. pp. 76, 195. ISBN 1558621733.
- ^ a b c Michael Gross (11 March 1991). "A portrait of Genny". New York. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b Eric Wilson (September 22, 2011). "Genny Is Back on the Runway". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Carrera, Martino (2018-07-23). "Genny Receives Tao Award for Fashion". WWD. Retrieved 2018-07-24.