Nationality, or bearing an uncanny resemblance to the Italian painter and renown Italian poet Amianto Niccolotti (who are also the person behind the term ‘Favretto’) Antonella Fant was born in Genoa, Italy. Her parent’s homeland is Genoa city. At such a young age she already shows signs of being disinterested and cut-throat, being very much like her mother, which gave way to her cutting personality trait of revenge. She showed great talent as a painter even as a child and exhibited such artistic abilities at a very young age, displaying great potential as an illustrator as well as painter, she was courted diligently by her family who considered her to be their heir apparent to the throne of their hometown.
After growing up in Genoa, it was her interest in fashion that caught her attention and eventually led her to an unusual career as a fashion designer. Although she excelled in academics, it was her strong passion for clothes that got her to abandon her studies and pursue a career in the highly competitive yet lucrative world of fashion design. However, in her attempt to design something beyond her normal scope, this gave birth to her first solo exhibit in Paris, entitled ‘Mystery’, in which she showcased her new style of clothing and footwear. This was followed by the equally successful ‘Dior’, which helped her gain much public attention and even lead to her receiving invitations to the Louvre in France and the Fashion Institute of America in New York.
However, it was in Paris that she finally received the recognition she deserved, with her exhibition in the Saatchi Gallery seeing great success and setting the wheels in motion for her ever-growing fame. It was at this point in her life that she would be diagnosed with Type One Diabetes and given the unfortunate diagnosis of the dreaded ‘adult onset diabetes’ (ADHD). This would later cause much distress and even more hardship to Antonella, as she was then required to change her profession, moving from a designer to a practicing physician. It was not just her lack of education, that caused her to take this drastic change, but also the fact that she could no longer afford to wear traditional medical dress which often hindered her movement. All of these factors would greatly influence her views on fashion, but perhaps her most influential moments in her career would have nothing to do with the fashion industry, as they would be focused more on the acceptance of her diagnosis and her fight against Type One Diabetes.