Education
She studied literature in Rome, expecting to become an archeologist.
Laura Biagiotti and Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna on the runway, Fall 2009
She studied literature in Rome, expecting to become an archeologist.
Took over MacPherson Knitwear, Pisa, 1974; established headquarters in Guidonia, 1980; introduced Rispeste collection, 1981; introduced Laurapiu collection, 1984; launched diffusion knitwear collection for Biagiotti Uomo, 1985; Biagiotti jeans collection debuted, 1986; Biagiotti Uomo collection, 1987; created perfumes Laura, 1982, Night, 1986, Roma, 1988, and Venezia, 1992; signed licensing agreement for Biagiotti shops in China, 1993; opened LB shop in Beijing, Bangkok, and Moscow, 1994; expanded cashmere collection in the Kremlin fashion show, 1995; fragrance Laura Biagiotti Roma released, 2001. Laura Biagiotti is the first fashion designer to have compiled a chapter on Italian fashion for the Treccani Encyclopedia in the Book of the Year 2004.
In January 2011 Laura Biagiotti was appointed by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano the Leonardo Award, that for the first time in history has been given to a woman who is a shining example of Italian excellence worldwide.