Marta Ferri

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Marta Ferri
Born (1984-07-21) 21 July 1984 (age 39)
Milan, Italy
Noble family Borromeo
Spouse(s)
Carlo Ludovico Borromeo
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(m. 2012)​
FatherFabrizio Ferri
MotherBarbara Frua de Angeli
Occupationfashion designer

Marta Ferri Borromeo (born 21 July 1984) is an Italian fashion designer. By marriage she is a member of the House of Borromeo, an Italian noble family.

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Early life

Ferri was born on 21 July 1984 in Milan, Italy. She is the daughter of Barbara Frua de Angeli, an interior decorator, and Fabrizio Ferri, a photographer. [1]

Career

After completing school, Ferri moved to New York City for four years and worked as a set designer, assistant photographer, digital tech assistant, a personal assistant, and a photo shoot producer. In 2009 she moved back to Italy and began working for Prada as a visual merchandiser. After a year and a half in Italy, she moved to Argentina and started a jewelry line called Nuda. While in Argentina she began experimenting with fabrics and began making hand-made dresses. She opened her own atelier, Banner, in Milan. [2] [3] She sells her dresses, which are exclusively made-to-measure, at her atelier. [4] Her first dress collection debuted in December 2010. [5] She references Isabella Rossellini as a style inspiration. [6] In May 2014 Ferri was invited by the Italian Embassy in Argentina to present her spring collection. [7] In November 2014 she modeled in an advertisement campaign for Buccellati. [8]

In 2016, Ferri collaborated with Italian textile company Molteni & C. to create new and modern designs. [5] [9] In 2019, she developed capsule collections with Sergio Rossi [10] and with the shoe designer Rothy's. [11]

Personal life

She married her childhood friend Carlo Ludovico Borromeo at Pantelleria on 30 June 2012. [1] [12] Guests made donations to the Italian Association for Cancer Research and the Foundation for Research on Cystic Fibrosis on behalf of the couple. [13] Her husband, a member of the House of Borromeo, is the son of Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona and a brother of Beatrice Borromeo and a half-brother of Matilde Borromeo. She and Carlo have two children. [14] [15] She lives in a Palazzo in the old Milan, a building that was previously owned by the painter Giuseppe Bossi. [16]

In August 2015 she was named on a Vogue best-dressed list after attending the wedding of her sister-in-law, Beatrice Borromeo, and Pierre Casiraghi. [17] [18]

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