# Laura Biagiotti

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Laura Biagiotti was an Italian fashion designer born in 1943 and founder of her eponymous brand.

- **Date of Birth:** August 4, 1943
- **Place of Birth:** Rome, Italy
- **Date of Death:** May 26, 2017
- **Citizenship:** Italy
- **Education:** Università di Roma
- **Children:** Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna

## Biography

**Early Life and Education**

Laura Biagiotti was born in Rome on August 4, 1943. From an early age, she travelled to Paris and New York to witness couture shows with the mother, Delia Soldaini Biagiotti, a couturière who owned an atelier in Via Salaria, Rome. In 1962, she started working for the family business with the mother.[1]

In 1965, she graduated with a degree in archeology from Università di Roma and founded, together with Gianni Cigna, her future husband, *Biagiotti Export*. The newly founded company collaborated with Biagiotti's mother, whose atelier had received in 1964 a commission to make uniforms for flight attendants of Italian state-owned airline Alitalia.[2]

**Career**

Biagiotti Export contracted work with brands including Schuberth and collaborated with designers Roberto Capucci and Rocco Barocco. However, in the 1970s, she decided to work on her own eponymous brand and showed her first collection in 1972 at Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy.[2] 

Her first collection presented modern looks for working women, showcasing how individual pieces could transition from day to evening by being paired with different pieces. This concept of a seamless, interchangeable wardrobe that lives outside the strict timings of fashion seasons became one of the signatures of the newly founded brand.[1] Along this idea, Biagiotti's focus on clothes that are easy to wear drew her to knitwear where, in 1974, she purchased the MacPherson cashmere mill in Pisa.[1] In 1980, this brought the New York Times to define her as "the queen of cashmere".[2]

She introduced a number of lines throughout the years. In 1980 she launched the line *Portrait*, while in 1987 she launched the line *Laurapiu*. In the same year, she launched Biagiotti Uomo, a menswear line.[1]

## Design Philosophy

**Inspirations and Influences**

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**Signature Design Style**

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## Timeline

**1943**
- Laura Biagiotti is born in Rome on August 4.[1]

**1962**
- She starts working for the family's business.[1]

**1965**
- Biagiotti Export is founded with future husband Gianni Cigna.[2]

**1972**
- First collection is presented in Florence as part of her eponymous brand.[2]

**1974**
- She purchases the MacPherson cashmere mill in Pisa, italy.[1]

**1980**
- The New York Times defines her as "the queen of cashmere".[2]
- Line *Portrait* is launched.[1]

**1987**
- She introduces the line *Laurapiu*.[1]
- Menswear line Biagiotti Uomo is launched.[1]

**2017**
- Dies at age 73 in Rome.[3]

## References

1. Laura Snelgrove. Laura Biagiotti, https://www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/article?docid=b-9781474260428&tocid=b-9781474260428-FPA039
2. Valentina Abate. "Stilista, imprenditrice, regina del cashmere: la figura di Laura Biagiotti." Vogue, January 2, 2026.
3. Luisa Zargani. "Laura Biagiotti Dies at 73 in Rome." WWD, May 26, 2017.

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