Romeo Gigli

Romeo Gigli ( born December 12, 1949 in Castel Bolognese ) is an Italian fashion designer and the name of which he founded in 1984 fashion brand.

Since 2004, the designers at the company Romeo Gigli, which in its heyday in the late 1980s had by the end of the 1990s and was dissolved at the end of the 2000s, had no more connection.

Life

Gigli is a skilled tailor and presented his first fashion collection in 1984 under the name " Romeo Gigli " with the former editor in chief of Italian Vogue, Carla Sozzani, and their partners Donato Maino. The presentation took place in Milan in a former garage of Corso Como. Two years later, he achieved his international breakthrough when he presented the collection at the fashion shows of the prêt-à- porter fashion in Paris. In the 1980s he designed slim fit and dainty fashion, which, brought him in spite of the contrast to the then trend of shoulder pads, recognition. In the late 1980s his variant of the V-neck was made ​​in mass production.

Gigli coined the term cocooning, which represents a specific Cut, which gives the body a new shape. In addition to women's and men's fashion Gigli also designed sunglasses, neckties, perfumes and various accessories. His workshops and studios were located in Milan.

In the early 1990s Gigli had a falling out with his business partners Sozzani and Maino. After several years of court cases in 1997, the Geneva-based company Maison RG took over the rights to the brand Romeo Gigli. Gigli himself remained employed as a chief designer.

In 1999, the Italian IT Holding, the company Romeo Gigli for 30 million euros. Gigli himself retained a 20% stake in the company and was chief designer. IT Holding handed the unprofitable brand Romeo Gigli 2004 to the Luxembourg Euro Holding Sarl, which awarded the license for Romeo Gigli turn to the men's fashion company Fratelli Prandina from Vicenza and its CEO Pierluigi Mancinelli. To this end, the company Mood Srl was founded by Mancinelli. Gigli defended himself in court in vain against this sale and eventually left the company. 2006 designer Gentucca Bini at Romeo Gigli was committed which had to leave again in 2008, the company. Mood Srl announced in late 2008 bankruptcy. 2010, the worldwide trademark were seized at Romeo Gigli by an Italian investigating judge.

The end of 2008 Gigli launched regardless of the brand Romeo Gigli a short-lived fashion label with the Latin name Io ipse idem (in German about: myself the same ). The brand was discontinued at the end of 2009 after investors gave Gigli's no more money. The former ioipseidem.com website is no longer online. In collaboration with Merce Cunningham Gigli designed in 2009 a number of stage costumes. In early 2010, he started with the Italian knitwear manufacturer Fuzzi the high-priced women's fashion brand XII XII XLIX par Romeo Gigli. These Roman numerals (12 12 49 ) are available for Gigli's birth date.

The license section for kids, produced by textile companies Loredana Srl from Putignano, the brand name Romeo Gigli is in the ( Italian ) textile trade continues.

Collections

• Romeo Gigli - high-priced main line for men and women ( adjusted )
• G Gili or Gigli - fashionable bridge collection for young women and men ( adjusted )
• Gigli Sport - sporty leisure collection ( set )
• Gigli Jeans - Denim - based second line for men and women ( adjusted )