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'''Graziella Fontana''' is a [[Genoa|Genoese]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Unknown title|journal=Courier: Fact, Fiction, Art, Satire|year=1963|volume=41|publisher=Norman Kark Publications Ltd}}</ref> Italian fashion designer who was active in the London [[Mod (subculture)|Mod fashion]] scene in the 1960s and early 1970s.<ref name=byrne>{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Julie|title=MINI LOOK Mod Styles for Swinging Set|accessdate=22 January 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 5, 1968}}{{subscription}}</ref> One of her designs, a [[hotpants]] suit in check [[Liberty (department store)|Liberty]] cotton, was chosen as the [[Dress of the Year]] in 1971. |
'''Graziella Fontana''' is a [[Genoa|Genoese]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Unknown title|journal=Courier: Fact, Fiction, Art, Satire|year=1963|volume=41|publisher=Norman Kark Publications Ltd}}</ref> Italian fashion designer who was active in the London [[Mod (subculture)|Mod fashion]] scene in the 1960s and early 1970s.<ref name=byrne>{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Julie|title=MINI LOOK Mod Styles for Swinging Set|accessdate=22 January 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 5, 1968}}{{subscription}}</ref> One of her designs, a [[hotpants]] suit in check [[Liberty (department store)|Liberty]] cotton, was chosen as the [[Dress of the Year]] in 1971. |
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Fontana worked for a number of manufacturers and design houses in France and Britain during the 1960s and early 1970s, including [[Chloé]], where she was a co-designer with [[Karl Lagerfeld]] from 1965 to 1972.<ref name=vogue>{{cite web|title=Chloe - Voguepedia|url=http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Chloe|publisher=Vogue.com|accessdate=22 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=drake>{{cite book|last=Drake|first=Alicia|title=The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris|year=2012|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781408835944|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ye48ayNPqcC&pg=PT301&lpg=PT301&d#v=onepage&q=Fontana&f=false}}</ref> Although Italian, and associated with the French house of Chloé, she was also listed alongside [[Ossie Clark]] and [[Foale and Tuffin]] as one of "England's young mod designers".<ref name=byrne/> She also designed for the Italian fashion house [[Max Mara]] in the mid-1960s,<ref>{{cite book|title=Italian fashion volume 2 |year=1987 |publisher=Electa |location=Milano |isbn=9780847808908 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4pTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Graziella+Fontana%22|first1=Christopher Huw |last1=Evans |first2=Paul |last2=Blanchard|editor=Gloria Bianchino}}</ref> the Scottish knitwear brand [[Lyle & Scott]],<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Country Fair|year=1969|volume=37|title=Unknown title|publisher=Norman Kark Publ.|quote=The colours selected by Graziella Fontana, designer for Lyle & Scott, are excitingly different...}}</ref> and the English designer [[Judy Hornby|Judith Hornby]], for whom the Dress of the Year hot-pants outfit was created.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dress of the Year 1970-1979|url=http://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/collections/dress_of_the_year/1970_-_1979.aspx|publisher=Fashion Museum, Bath|accessdate=22 January 2013}}</ref> Fontana was particularly known for her sharply tailored suits.<ref name=drake/> |
Fontana worked for a number of manufacturers and design houses in France and Britain during the 1960s and early 1970s, including [[Chloé]], where she was a co-designer with [[Karl Lagerfeld]] from 1965 to 1972.<ref name=vogue>{{cite web|title=Chloe - Voguepedia|url=http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Chloe|publisher=Vogue.com|accessdate=22 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=drake>{{cite book|last=Drake|first=Alicia|title=The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris|year=2012|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781408835944|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ye48ayNPqcC&pg=PT301&lpg=PT301&d#v=onepage&q=Fontana&f=false}}</ref> Although Italian, and associated with the French house of Chloé, she was also listed alongside [[Ossie Clark]] and [[Foale and Tuffin]] as one of "England's young mod designers".<ref name=byrne/> She also designed for the Italian fashion house [[Max Mara]] in the mid-1960s,<ref>{{cite book|title=Italian fashion volume 2 |year=1987 |publisher=Electa |location=Milano |isbn=9780847808908 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4pTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Graziella+Fontana%22|first1=Christopher Huw |last1=Evans |first2=Paul |last2=Blanchard|editor=Gloria Bianchino}}</ref> the Scottish knitwear brand [[Lyle & Scott]],<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Country Fair|year=1969|volume=37|title=Unknown title|publisher=Norman Kark Publ.|quote=The colours selected by Graziella Fontana, designer for Lyle & Scott, are excitingly different...}}</ref> and the English designer [[Judy Hornby|Judith Hornby]], for whom the Dress of the Year hot-pants outfit was created.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dress of the Year 1970-1979|url=http://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/collections/dress_of_the_year/1970_-_1979.aspx|publisher=Fashion Museum, Bath|accessdate=22 January 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105025339/http://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/collections/dress_of_the_year/1970_-_1979.aspx|archivedate=5 November 2013|df=}}</ref> Fontana was particularly known for her sharply tailored suits.<ref name=drake/> |
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Revision as of 21:20, 22 October 2017
Graziella Fontana is a Genoese[1] Italian fashion designer who was active in the London Mod fashion scene in the 1960s and early 1970s.[2] One of her designs, a hotpants suit in check Liberty cotton, was chosen as the Dress of the Year in 1971.
Fontana worked for a number of manufacturers and design houses in France and Britain during the 1960s and early 1970s, including Chloé, where she was a co-designer with Karl Lagerfeld from 1965 to 1972.[3][4] Although Italian, and associated with the French house of Chloé, she was also listed alongside Ossie Clark and Foale and Tuffin as one of "England's young mod designers".[2] She also designed for the Italian fashion house Max Mara in the mid-1960s,[5] the Scottish knitwear brand Lyle & Scott,[6] and the English designer Judith Hornby, for whom the Dress of the Year hot-pants outfit was created.[7] Fontana was particularly known for her sharply tailored suits.[4]
References
- ^ "Unknown title". Courier: Fact, Fiction, Art, Satire. 41. Norman Kark Publications Ltd. 1963.
- ^ a b Byrne, Julie (May 5, 1968). "MINI LOOK Mod Styles for Swinging Set". Los Angeles Times.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)(subscription required) - ^ "Chloe - Voguepedia". Vogue.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b Drake, Alicia (2012). The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408835944.
- ^ Evans, Christopher Huw; Blanchard, Paul (1987). Gloria Bianchino (ed.). Italian fashion volume 2. Milano: Electa. ISBN 9780847808908.
- ^ "Unknown title". Country Fair. 37. Norman Kark Publ. 1969.
The colours selected by Graziella Fontana, designer for Lyle & Scott, are excitingly different...
- ^ "Dress of the Year 1970-1979". Fashion Museum, Bath. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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