Chiara Ferragni is an Italian blogger and influencer, who was ranked first on the Forbes “Top Fashion Influencers” list back in September 2017.
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- Chiara Ferragniborn was born on 7th of May 1987.
- Ferragni was born in Cremona in 1987.
- She started her fashion blog “The Blonde Salad” in October 2009, with a former boyfriend, Riccardo Pozzoli.
- In March 2011, New York introduced her as “One of the biggest breakout street-style stars of the year”.
- In December 2011, she was profiled as the Blogger of the Moment in Teen Vogue, while still a law student at Bocconi University .
- She has not obtained her University degree.
- By that time Ferragni’s blog had reached more than one million unique visitors and 12 million views per month
- By 2013, she had won various blogger of the year recognition.
- In December 2013, she published an Italian language eBook, under The Blonde Salad.
- She is an Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer, and model.
- She has collaborated with fashion and beauty brandsthrough her blog The Blonde Salad.
- In September 2017, Ferragni was ranked first on the Forbes “Top Fashion Influencers” list.
- Ferragni modelled for Guess in a November 2013 shoot that was subsequently marketed as an ad campaign
- In December 2013 she collaborated with Steve Madden to design a 9-shoe collection for Spring 2014.
- Her television credits include the Italian TRL Awards as a presenter, and a guest appearance on the Italian variety show Chiambretti Night.
- Ferragni walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in conjunction with the premiere of We Have a Pope (then titled Habemus Papam). She also appeared on Project Runway as a guest judge during season 13 in August 2014.
- Her business ventures grossed about $8 million (mostly from her Chiara Ferragni Collection footwear) in 2014.
- In January 2015, her blog and shoe line, Chiara Ferragni Collection, became a case study at Harvard Business School.
- In March, Ferragni was selected for the cover of the April 2015 Vogue España, making her the first fashion blogger to appear on any Vogue cover.
- Since then she has appeared on over 50 fashion magazines covers.
- In January 2016, Pantene announced Ferragni was its new global ambassador.
- Mattel Inc. created a Barbie version of Ferragni in September 2016, one wearing a white T-shirt, black leather jacket, jeans and Chiara Ferragni Collection shoes and the other wearing a head to toe Chanel look.
- As of 31 July 2017, Ferragni had 10 million followers on Instagram. Because of her broad following, she was able to earn about $12,000 for a sponsored post to Instagram.
- In 2017, Ferragni was chosen to design costumes for the 4th edition of Intimissimi on ice.
- On 26 July 2017, she opened her first Chiara Ferragni Collection store in Milan. In May 2018, Footwear News named her one of “the most influential moms in the fashion industry”.
- In April 2021, Ferragni joined the Board of Directors of Tod’s Group.
- On May 2021, Ferragni unveiled the Nespresso x Chiara Ferragni collection on her social media. A temporary pop-up cafe was set up in celebration of the capsule.
- Ferragni is the oldest daughter of three girls, daughters of a dentist from the northern city of Cremona.
- Her mother Marina Di Guardo is an Italian writer from Sicily who also worked as deputy director of the Blumarine fashion house.
- Ferragni and Italian rapper Federico Lucia, known as Fedez, started dating in late 2016 and got married on 1 September 2018 in Noto, Sicily.
- They have two children, Leone (born 19 March 2018 in West Hollywood, California) and Vittoria (born 23 March 2021 in Milan).
- They live between Milan and Los Angeles.
- Ferragni and her husband raised €3 million in 24 hours through a fundraiser to support the San Raffaele hospital in Milan during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
- She personally owns more than 300 pairs of shoes.
- 2. If she were a shoe, it would be a winking-eye flat.
- Ferragni has a French Bulldog named Matlida.
- Actually, she is known for bringing the dog with her to photo shoots and business meetings.
- 4. She’s a flats girl.
- 5. The Chiara Ferragni Collection is a $10 million shoe business.
- The debut line hit for fall 2010. “When I started, I didn’t have any idea of production or how things worked in footwear,” she said.
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