Giulia Brignardello is a famous Italian actress and model. Her career spanned parts of four decades from the late sixties to the early seventies in movies, but she was often categorized as a fashion artist who made clothing for those on the high-end market and larger figures alike. It was this image that would define her for many years, even as her height and physique declined. The same stigma surrounded her husband, also a well known fashion designer; even their marriage, which was touted as a political partnership by Italy’s two leading parties, was marred by accusations of nepotism.
As a matter of fact, Giulia Brignardello and her husband were charged with a low profile case of murder and they were both convicted and served prison sentences, of which time each woman had already served a year. After serving a brief term, both were released, and then Giulia Brignardello made an effort to reinvent herself. This was not easy, given her size and stature, but she succeeded and began to work on her own design label.
As was the case with her former partner, Brignardello worked with a limited client base. It was not until her seventeenth anniversary, when she was invited to be a judge at a fashion show organized by the prestigious Fashion Institute of Milan that she felt as if she had hit the jackpot. At the age of sixty-two, Brignardello stood beside her partner in the spotlight. “It was like a dream come true,” she said. Following her appearance at the event, Giulia Brignardello became recognized not only as a fashion designer but as a symbol of female craftsmanship.