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Fratini
Fratini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Renato Fratini (1932–1973), Italian commercial artist * Renzo Fratini (born 1944), Italian Catholic bishop and diplomat * Gina Fratini Gina Fratini (born Georgina Caroline Eve Butler, 22 September 1931 – 25 May 2017) was a Japanese-born British fashion designer. Early life She was born in Kobe, Japan, the daughter of the Hon. Somerset Butler (son of Charles Ernest Alfred Fr ... (1931–2017), British fashion designer * Patrizia Fratini (born 1961), Italian gymnast {{Surname, Fratini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Fratini
Renato Fratini (October 1932, in Rome – 1973 in Mexico)Branaghan, S. & Chibnall, S. (Ed.) (2006) ''British film posters: An illustrated history''. London: British Film Institute, pp. 185-190. was an Italian commercial artist who specialised in cinema posters and book covers. His heyday was in 1960s London. Career in Italy Renato Fratini studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. He began his career in the early 1950s by joining the studio owned by the Guerri brothers. There he mostly worked on illustrations and comic strips. In 1952 he joined the Augusto Favalli's studio, which was at that time Italy’s biggest producer of film posters. He worked with artists such as Nicola Simbari, Enrico DeSeta and Giorgio De Gaspari."Taking the rough with the smooth" by David Roach in ''Illustrators'', No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Fratini
Gina Fratini (born Georgina Caroline Eve Butler, 22 September 1931 – 25 May 2017) was a Japanese-born British fashion designer. Early life She was born in Kobe, Japan, the daughter of the Hon. Somerset Butler (son of Charles Ernest Alfred French Somerset Butler, 7th Earl of Carrick) and his wife Barbara, and spent most of her childhood in India. Her godfather was Sir Victor Sassoon. On her return to the UK, she studied at the Royal College of Arts. Career She set up her own business in 1964 and became one of the top British designers of the early 1970s, winning the Dress of the Year Award in 1975; some of her garments from the period are held in the Victoria & Albert Museum's costume collection. Among the top personalities who wore Fratini designs was Elizabeth Taylor, who wore a Fratini wedding dress for her second wedding to Richard Burton. Diana, Princess of Wales, also wore Fratini designs to public events. As a designer, she was known for her use of natural fabrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Fratini
Renzo Fratini (born 25 April 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See. He became an apostolic nuncio in 1998 and ended his career as nuncio to Spain. As he resigned in 2019, the Holy See distanced itself from his criticism of the Spanish government's plans to relocate the remains of Francisco Franco. Biography Renzo Fratini was born on 25 April 1944, in Urbisaglia, Italy, and was ordained priest on 6 September 1969 for the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino. In 1970 he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to prepare for a career as a diplomat. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1974, and served in the Pontifical diplomatic missions in France, Japan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Greece, Ecuador, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. On 7 August 1993 he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Botriana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan. He was consecrated bishop on 2 October 1993. Cardinal Angelo Sodano was the principal con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |