Consuelo Castiglioni (born 1959) is a Swiss fashion designer. She founded the fashion label Marni in 1994.
Biography
Castiglioni is part Chilean and was born and raised in the Italian-speaking town of Lugano, Switzerland.[1][2]
Though she has no training in fashion,[3] she founded the fashion label Marni in 1994 with her husband Gianni Castiglioni and her step-sister Marina "Marni" Castiglioni (whence the brand name). The label's first collection was fur-only.[4]
In 2001, she released the Fussbett Sandal from recycled tires and straw, and expanded to menswear in 2002.