Elio Fiorucci
Italian fashion designer and businessperson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elio Fiorucci (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛːljo fjoˈruttʃi]; 10 June 1935 – 19 July 2015) was an Italian fashion designer and the founder of the Fiorucci fashion label.
Elio Fiorucci | |
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Born | (1935-06-10)10 June 1935[1] Milan, Italy |
Died | 19 July 2015(2015-07-19) (aged 80)[1] Milan[2] |
Occupation(s) | Fashion designer and retailer |
Beginning in retailing at the age of 14, he later created a fashion brand that had worldwide success during the 1970s and 1980s, including becoming a key label of the disco-scene. The retail environments he created were destinations, rather than simply places to buy clothes; his New York store was known by some as the daytime Studio 54 and gave space to artists and creatives – including Andy Warhol.
Fiorucci is credited with designing and popularising stretch jeans, and for transforming the fashion scene. Giorgio Armani described him as a revolutionary, adding: "He was always ready to take some risks to really understand his time".[3]