Consuelo Castiglioni (born 1959) is a

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. She is part Chilean and was born and raised in the Italian-Swiss town of

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."Creative Chic." ''Vogue'' (May 2007): 258-259, 303-304. Though she has no training in fashion, she founded the fashion label

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in 1994, and the line has recently risen to prominence. She is married to Gianni Castiglioni, who is Marni's CEO."Fashion Upstart Leaves Family Business to Create Brand."
Shanghai Daily (April 18, 2006). Their daughter Carolina runs the online store, and is the brand's special projects' director. In 2009 she worked with

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on geometric designs for Marni. The brand now exceeds $100 million sales per year and is worn by celebrities such as

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and

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. Castiglioni was ranked in the 2010 “''100 most creative people in business''”. In 2013, the brand launched its first, eponymous, fragrance.

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