Repossi is an Italian jewelry house founded in 1957 in Turin by Costantino Repossi, a family-owned business now run by the third generation of the Repossi family. The luxury group LVMH is a majority shareholder since 2018.[1]
History
After studying industrial design, Costantino Repossi took over the Italian workshops of his father during the post-war period. He opened the first eponymous boutique in Turin in 1957. In 1974, the founder's son, Alberto Repossi, took over the direction of the business.[2] He moved to Monte-Carlo where he opened his first boutique in 1979. A second shop opened in Paris in 1986, at 6 Place Vendôme.[3]
Following the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Repossi made headlines due to claims that Dodi Fayed had purchased a ring from the Paris store, in order to propose to Diana.[4]