FONTANA Zoe, Micol & Giovanna (Sorelle Fontana) (Designers)

A monkishly simple, white satin dress, with half-sleeves, boat neck and gently belled skirt, is decorated with embroidery formed from cord. It plays on the cotton dresses worn by gamines such as Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot but the Fontana sisters were always associated with the aristocracy and society figures such as Jackie Kennedy, for whom they provided evening gowns and tailored suits. Roman couture aso appealed to movie stars. Their most famous client was the film actress Ava Gardner, whom they dressed for The Barefoot Contessa (1954). One of their most memorable outfits was the impish Cardinal outfit, which featured a black hat and black dress with a white collar set off by a jewelled cross. The fashion house of the Fontana family was founded in Parma, Italy, in 1907. The three Fontana sisters, Zoe, Micol and Giovanna, moved to Rome in the 1930s. There they established their own house in 1943. 

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