Micol Fontana

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rdf:langString Micol Fontana (8 November 1913 – 12 June 2015) was an Italian stylist and entrepreneur. Born in Traversetolo, Parma, Micol Fontana was stylist and co-founder of the Sorelle Fontana fashion house with her two sisters Zoe and Giovanna. In 1953 - along with her sisters and other famous fashion designers including Alberto Fabiani, Vincenzo Ferdinandi, Emilio Schuberth, Jole Veneziani, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Mingolini-Guggenheim, Eleanora Garnett and Simonetta - she founded the S.I.A.M. - Italian High Fashion Syndicate. Following the death of her sisters, and after selling the company and the brand to an Italian financial group in 1992, Micol created the Micol Fontana Foundation in 1994 with the purpose of finding and promoting new fashion talents. A two-parts television miniseries based on the story of her fashion house, Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda, was broadcast on Rai 1 in 2011, with Micol Fontana making a brief cameo as herself.