Nina Ricci (designer)

For the garment and perfume brand, see Nina Ricci (brand).

Nina Ricci (born Maria Nielli; 1883 – 1970) was an Italian-born French fashion designer.^[1][3][5]

Nina Ricci[1]
Born	Maria Nielli[1] 1883[1] Turin, Italy[2][1]
Died	(1970-11-28)28 November 1970[2][1]
Occupation	Fashion designer[3]
Known for	Co-founder of Nina Ricci[4]
Spouse(s)	Luigi Ricci (m.1904, widowed).[5][1]
Children	1[6]

She was born in Turin, Italy, and moved to France at the age of 12.^[3][5]

At the age of 13, she began an apprenticeship at a dressmaker's.^[7]

In 1904, she married Luigi Ricci,^[5] a music composer and jeweler.^[8] They had one child, Robert.^[1][6]

In 1908, she joined the House of Raffin, where she remained for decades.^[1]

She and her son Robert founded the fashion house Nina Ricci in Paris in 1932; it has been owned by the Spanish company Puig since 1998.^[4]