Chiara Boni

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Chiara Boni
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Boni at the 2017 New York Fashion Week
Born
Maria Chiara Boni

27 August 1948 (1948-08-27) (age 76)
Florence, Italy
Occupationfashion designer
Spouses
Vittorio Maschietto
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(m. 1970,divorced)​
Angelo Rovati
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(m. 2006;died 2013)​
Partners
Children1
Awards 1020px ribbon bar of the Order of Merit for Labour.svg Knight of Labour

Chiara Boni (born 27 August 1948) is an Italian fashion designer and journalist. [1]

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Chiara Boni designs from the You Tarzan Me Jane collection (1974) Chiara boni, giacca e camicia collezione you tarzan-me jane, 1974.jpg
Chiara Boni designs from the You Tarzan Me Jane collection (1974)

Biography

Born in Florence to Antonio Boni and Maria Teresa Masetti Fedi, a liceo linguistico graduate, [2] in 1971 Boni opened her first clothing and accessories boutique You Tarzan Me Jane in Florence. [3] [4] A member of the group UFO (Urban Future Organization), in 1973 she got her first magazine cover on Domus . [2] In 1975, she launched her her first couture collection. [2] In 1985, following an agreement with the Gruppo Finanziario Tessile (Gft), she founded the company Chiara Boni Spa and launched her eponymous brand. [4] [2] [5] In 2008, she launched the collections "Chiara Boni Girl" and "La Petite Robe". [4]

Boni's neo-avantgarde style is characterized by the use of stretch or soft materials, notably spandex and organza. [2] [3] [5] Known for her often provocative fashion shows, in the 1990s she was one of the first stylists to organise a fashion show fully consisting of transsexual models, and she brought pornstars Moana Pozzi and Éva Henger onto the catwalk. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Beyond her fashion career, Boni hosted a TV program on Rai 3 (Il dilemma - Storia di famiglie allargate) and was a contestant in Ballando con le Stelle , the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars . [10] [1] Between 2000 and 2005 she served as Regional Councillor for Image and Communication of Tuscany. [5] [11]

Chiara Boni has been married twice and has one son, Giacomo; she does non believe in God, but she doesn't consider herself an atheist. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chiara Boni - Regione Toscana". www.regione.toscana.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Carloni, Maria Vittoria (1999). "Boni, Chiara". In Vergani, Guido (ed.). Dizionario della moda (in Italian). Milan: Baldini & Castoldi. p. 90. ISBN   88-8089-585-0.
  3. 1 2 Rak, Michele (2003). La moda in Italia: il Novecento[Fashion in Italy: the twentieth century] (in Italian and English). Additional editing by Francesca Vannucchi; consultancy by Nora Villa. Rome: Fototeca/Palombi. p. 152. ISBN   88-7621-405-4.
  4. 1 2 3 Crivelli, Giulia (27 September 2021). "Chiara Boni festeggia con ironia e ottimismo 50 anni di carriera nella moda". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Asnaghi, Laura (9 December 2013). "Chiara Boni, l'eleganza del tubino "Così le donne si sentono belle"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Sanchi, Enrico (27 September 2021). "50 anni Chiara Boni: collezione Primavera Estate 2022 Le Petite Robe". Life&People Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Dondoni, Luca (7 October 1995). "Eva, stella del porno sfila per Chiara Boni". La Stampa (in Italian). p. 14.
  8. ↑ Parmegiani, Elena (2023-09-21). "Chiara Boni: "Moana era qualcosa di più di una pornodiva"". VelvetMag (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  9. ↑ Antonini, Laura (2024-04-07). "Chiara Boni: "Così ho portato in passerella Moana Pozzi e modelle trans. E il mio amore per Sgarbi..."". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  10. ↑ Dell'Arti, Giorgio; Parrini, Massimo (2008). "BONI Chiara". Catalogo dei viventi 2009: 7247 italiani notevoli con l'indice di tutti i nomi citati (in Italian). Venice: Marsilio. p. 267. ISBN   978-88-317-9599-9.
  11. ↑ Gibellino, Fabio (31 October 2019). "La politica è di moda". MF Milano Finanza (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Giordano, Lucio (27 September 2024). "Dio per me non esiste, ma mia suocera fece battezzare mio figlio di nascosto". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 38. pp. 74–77.


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