Adrienne Vittadini
Adrienne Vittadini (b. 1945, Budapest) is a renowned American fashion designer. When she was 12, her family fled Budapest during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. In 1979, she started what would become a multi-million dollar fashion business as a hobby. The brand name Adrienne Vittadini is synonymous with designs that have a "Euro-American" point of view. She uses vibrant colors and prints and she is known for her clothing, handbags, swimsuits, shoes, eyewear, and perfumes. Her company was purchased by Retail Brand Alliance in 2001.
She now lives seasonally in Sarasota, Florida, where the Coty Award-winning fashion designer went into the home fashion and house design business .
Trivia
- She attended Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia
- Her home in The Hamptons sold for $8 million
- In 2003, she won a Visionary Woman Award from Moore College of Art and Design.
- Adrienne was named as one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1992
- Her designs are worn by Kim Basinger, Candice Bergen, Kimberly M. Watters (world renowned glass artist) and Joan Lunden
- Many people are now wearing her newly designed glasses
- Lenscrafters are now selling many of her well-known glasses
- She is married to Gianluigi Vittadini. Her maiden name was "Toth".