Fontana Giovanna

Italian designer who founded a fashion house with her two sisters in 1946, couturiers to high society. They supplied the most modern fashion with their ready-to-wear collections and accessories, participating in international fashion shows. Their creations are on display in various museums at home and abroad. For recreation, Fontana enjoyed cooking. In 1936, she moved to Rome where she opened a fashion house with her two older sisters. The firm was simply named "Sorelle Fontana" or "The Fontana Sisters." By the 1960s they were designing for film stars private lives as well as movie roles. The oldest sister, Zoe, died in 1979. Giovanna had two children, a son and a daughter. On August 11, 2004, the fashion designer died at age 88 at her home in Rome, Italy. Read less