Micol Fontana
Micol Fontana was an Italian stylist and entrepreneur.
Born in Traversetolo, Parma, along with her two sisters Micol Fontana was stylist and co-founder of the Sorelle Fontana fashion house. In 1953, she founded together with the sisters Zoe and Giovanna and other famous fashion designers including Alberto Fabiani, Vincenzo Ferdinandi, Emilio Schuberth, Jole Veneziani, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Mingolini-Guggenheim, Eleanora Garnett and Simonetta, 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, in 1994 Micol created the Micol Fontana Foundation, 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.
