Adriano Goldschmied

Adriano Goldschmied
Adrian Goldschmied
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Trieste, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationFashion designer

Adriano Goldschmied (born 1944, Trieste, Italy) is an Italian fashion designer who focuses on denim jeans. He is known as "the Godfather of denim"[1] and is the originator of "premium denim".[2] The founder of Diesel,[3] he also created Replay, Gap 1969, Agolde,[4] Goldsign,[5] and AG Adriano Goldschmied.[2][6] Goldschmied is currently the owner of House of Gold, a creative textile company with the purpose of bringing innovative fabrics to the market.[7]

Biography

Goldschmied was born in 1944 in Trieste to an Ashkenazi Jewish family,[8] whose assets were appropriated in 1942. Later, some of these assets were reconveyed to his family.[9]

With initial dreams of becoming a competitive skier, he opened up a store in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1970. This was a springboard for beginning his own denim company.[10]

Since 1996, he has lived principally in Los Angeles and Milan.[11] His daughter, Marta Goldschmied, has launched her own denim line, MADE GOLD Denim.[12]

The Indigo Move collection has 24 women's styles and 13 men's styles designed by Goldschmied in collaboration with Mavi. Available in all indigo shades, including ink, smoke, and black, the assortment introduces new silhouettes and fits for Mavi.

References

  1. ^ "Adriano Goldschmied". Denim Freaks.
  2. ^ a b "INTERVIEW WITH ADRIANO GOLDSCHMIED". carlytati. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. ^ Clare O’Connor (6 March 2013). "Blue Jean Billionaire: Inside Diesel, Renzo Rosso's $3 Billion Fashion Empire". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ Dena Silver (17 October 2017). "8 Reasons to Put Down the Levis and Pick Up a Pair of Agolde Jeans". The Observer. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ Melissa Magsaysay (14 August 2011). "Goldsign's Adriano Goldschmied shows how premium denim is made". LA Times. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. ^ ABOUT - BRAND BIO Archived 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine agjeans.com
  7. ^ "Denim Interview: Adriano Goldschmied". stylesight.com. 3 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Il cognome che ha fatto la storia del jeans". La Tribuna di Treviso. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Abrogation of the Racial Laws: The Egeli and the Restitution of Assets" (PDF). Government of Italy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Denim designer Adriano Goldschmied a jeans market trailblazer". Toronto Star. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Adriano Goldschmied Interview". Carlitati. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Interview With Marta Goldschmied Of MADE GOLD Denim". Denim Therapy. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.


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