Coco Brandolini d'Adda

{{short description|Italian noblewoman and fashion executive (born 1979)}}

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| name = Coco Brandolini d'Adda

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| full name = Cornelia Brandolini d'Adda dei conti di Valmareno

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| father = Rodrigo Tiberto Brandolini d'Adda, Count of Valmareno

| mother = Princess Georgina de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny

| spouse = Matteo Colombo (2008 - present)

| issue = Nina Colombo
Lea Colombo
Cora Colombo

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| occupation = fashion consultant, fashion editor, fashion director

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Donna Cornelia Brandolini d'Adda dei conti di Valmareno, better known as Coco Brandolini d'Adda, (born 27 June 1979) is a French-born Italian fashion executive, editor and socialite.

Early life and family

Brandolini d'Adda was born on 27 June 1979 in Paris to Rodrigo Tiberto Brandolini d'Adda, Conte di Valmareno and Princess Georgine Maria Natividad de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/october-issue-a-fine-romance|title=October Vogue: A Fine Romance|first=Fiona|last=Golfar|website=British Vogue|accessdate=3 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/what-do-you-do-if-you-are-a-society-heiress-with-time-on-your-hands-6364777.html|title=What do you do if you are a society heiress with time on your hands?|date=4 November 2011|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=3 February 2019}} Her paternal grandmother was Countess Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda, the sister of Gianni Agnelli and daughter of Edoardo Agnelli and Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte (daughter of Carlo Bourbon del Monte, Prince di San Faustino).{{Cite news|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/story/bianca-brandolini-d-adda-dallas-texas-nordstrom-fashion|title=An Italian Socialite in Texas|last=Maza|first=Erik|newspaper=W Magazine|access-date=2017-02-12|language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9955048/Inside-Dolce-and-Gabbanas-exclusive-couture-club.html|title=Inside Dolce & Gabbana's exclusive couture club - Telegraph|website=Fashion.telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2019}} Her maternal grandfather was the French aristocrat Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge and her maternal grandmother was Sylvia Régis de Oliveira, the only daughter of Raul Régis de Oliveira, a Brazilian diplomat who served as Brazil's Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1939.[https://www.nossosroteiros.com.br/descendencia-do-marques-de-olinda/ Descendants of the Marquis of Olinda][http://cpdoc.fgv.br/sites/default/files/verbetes/primeira-republica/OLIVEIRA,%20Raul%20R%C3%A9gis%20de.pdf Ambassador Raul Régis de Oliveira biography at CPDOC/FGV's website]{{Cite web |url=https://jornalggn.com.br/blog/luisnassif/a-condessa-que-esta-despejando-joao-gilberto |title=A condessa que está despejando João Gilberto | GGN |access-date=2018-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311152945/http://jornalggn.com.br/blog/luisnassif/a-condessa-que-esta-despejando-joao-gilberto |archive-date=2016-03-11 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/story/brandolinis|title=The Brandolinis' Bahian Rhapsody|last=Magazine|first=W|newspaper=W Magazine|access-date=2017-02-12|language=en}} She has a younger sister, Bianca Brandolini d'Adda.{{cite web|url=https://derstandard.at/2000007773315/It-Girl-Brandolini-Tatoos-sind-kein-Schmuck|title=It-Girl Brandolini: "Tattoos sind kein Schmuck" - derStandard.at|website=DER STANDARD|accessdate=3 February 2019}} Two of her family's ancestral palaces, the Palazzo Brandolin Rota and the Palazzo Morosini Brandolin, are located on the Grand Canal in Venice. She grew up in Paris, but spent a lot of her youth at her paternal grandparents' estate in Vistorta. She went to university in Paris to study philosophy and political science.

Career

Brandolini d'Adda was an intern at Harper's Bazaar before attending Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.es/moda/modapedia/personajes/bianca-brandolini-d-adda/22|title=Bianca Brandolini d'Adda|date=27 February 2013|website=Vogue|accessdate=3 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/beautiful-people-2003-coco-brandolini-1425151125.html|title=Beautiful People 2003: Coco Brandolini|date=1 April 2003|website=PAPER|accessdate=3 February 2019}} From 2001 to 2005, Brandolini d'Adda worked for Oscar de la Renta as a fashion consultant and design assistant.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxlHEHFa4Y|title=Coco Brandolini D'Adda|accessdate=3 February 2019|publisher=YouTube}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.it/en/fashion/news/2010/03/01/coco-brandolini-d-adda/|title=Coco Brandolini d'Adda|date=1 March 2010|website=Vogue.it|accessdate=3 February 2019}} After working at Oscar de la Renta, she became a fashion consultant for Alberta Ferretti and Adam Lippes.{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/brandolinis|title=The Brandolinis' Bahian Rhapsody|first=W.|last=Magazine|website=W Magazine|accessdate=3 February 2019}} She later was appointed Fashion Director at Tar Magazine{{Cite web |url=http://www.marieclaire.it/Attualita/interviste/Intervista-a-Cornelia-Brandolini-d-Adda-sorella-di-Bianca-cugina-di-Lapo-Elkann#1 |title=Come vivere un'emozione da Coco: Intervista a Cornelia Brandolini d'Adda - Marieclaire |access-date=2018-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070336/http://www.marieclaire.it/Attualita/interviste/Intervista-a-Cornelia-Brandolini-d-Adda-sorella-di-Bianca-cugina-di-Lapo-Elkann#1 |archive-date=2018-01-17 |url-status=dead}} and has worked as a fashion consultant for Tomas Maier at Bottega Veneta and at Nina Ricci.{{cite web|url=http://talesofendearment.com/fashion-royalty/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606132519/http://talesofendearment.com/fashion-royalty/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 June 2012|title=Fashion Royalty|website=Talesofendearment.com|accessdate=3 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/italian-it-girls-beauty-muses-margherita-missoni-delfina-delettrez-monica-vitti-mariacarla-boscono|title=6 Italian It Girls on the Homegrown Icons That Set the Beauty Bar|website=Vogue|accessdate=3 February 2019}} She later became an editor at Anew Magazine.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/coco-brandolini-dolce-gabbana-ultimate-shopping-list|title=What's on Your Design Wish List? Dolce & Gabbana's Coco Brandolini D'Adda Shares Her Most Sought-After Items|website=Vogue|accessdate=3 February 2019}} Brandolini d'Adda worked as an artistic muse for Giambattista Valli.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-alba-naomi-campbell-olivia-palermo-mac-giambattista-valli-paris-couture-party|title=Jessica Alba, Naomi Campbell, Olivia Palermo, and More Celebrate MAC and Giambattista Valli|website=Vogue|accessdate=3 February 2019}} In 2012, Brandolini d'Adda, as head of the couture team, collaborated on Dolce & Gabbana's Alta Moda collection.{{cite web|url=https://www.nineinthemirror.com/interviews/coco-brandolini-dadda/|title=COCO BRANDOLINI|date=18 October 2017|website=NINE IN THE MIRROR|accessdate=3 February 2019|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424082824/https://www.nineinthemirror.com/interviews/coco-brandolini-dadda/|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

Brandolini d'Adda married Matteo Colombo in September 2008. The couple celebrated their civil ceremony with four hundred guests at the Italian Embassy in Paris. On 27 September 2008 the couple had a private religious wedding ceremony at a Catholic church in Vistorta, Italy.{{cite web|url=https://glamurama.uol.com.br/franco-italiano-6695/|title=Casamento Coco Brandolini na europa – Glamurama|date=11 August 2008|website=Casamento Coco Brandolini na europa – Glamurama}} They have three daughters named Nina, Lea{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/inside-la-dolce-vita-of-countess-cristiana-brandolini-dadda-venice-estate|title=Inside "La Dolce Vita" of Countess Cristiana Brandolini D'Adda|first=James|last=Reginato|website=Vanities|accessdate=3 February 2019}} and Cora.

Brandolini d'Adda is the godmother of Margherita Missoni's son Otto Hermann Amos.{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/margherita-missoni-pottery-barn-kids|title=Margherita Missoni Debuts a Home Collection for Pottery Barn Kids|website=Architectural Digest|accessdate=3 February 2019}}

Brandolini d'Adda is noted for her personal style{{cite web|url=http://www.toryburch.com/blog-post/blog-post.html?bpid=78900|title=Bohemian Tastemaker: Coco Brandolini - Tory Daily|website=Tory Burch|accessdate=3 February 2019}} and is frequently photographed attending high society functions and fashion events.{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/leighton-meester-lauren-santo-domingo-and-more-fashionistas-co-host-a-fashions-night-out-party-at-ro|title=Leighton Meester, Lauren Santo Domingo, and More Fashionistas Co-Host a Fashion's Night Out Party at Roger Vivier|website=Teen Vogue|accessdate=3 February 2019}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBFFDwAAQBAJ&q=coco+brandolini&pg=PA43|title=Chasing Youth Culture and Getting it Right: How Your Business Can Profit by Tapping Today's Most Powerful Trendsetters and Tastemakers|first=Tina|last=Wells|date=26 April 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118004050|accessdate=3 February 2019|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dolcegabbana.com/discover/met-gala-2016-all-the-dolce-and-gabbana-looks/|title=Manus X Machina|website=Dolce & Gabbana|accessdate=3 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.standardhotels.com/culture/an-elegant-affair|title=An Elegant Affair|website=standardhotels.com}}{{cite web|url=https://wwd.com/eye/parties/gallery/valentinos-dazzling-chateau-party-closes-couture/|title=Valentino's Dazzling Chateau Party Closes Couture|date=8 July 2010|website=Wwd.com|accessdate=3 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.grazia.fr/fashion-week/Fashion-week-les-nouvelles-filles-des-premiers-rangs-57159/(page)/5|title=Coco Brandolini, Charlotte Dellal et Astrid Munoz - Fashion week : les nouvelles filles des premiers rangs - Grazia|last=Grazia.fr|date=1 September 2010|website=grazia.fr|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070315/https://www.grazia.fr/fashion-week/Fashion-week-les-nouvelles-filles-des-premiers-rangs-57159/(page)/5|archive-date=17 January 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/society/11-18-15-dolce-gabbana-shows-houston-how-to-party-haute-italian-style-and-its-a-night-well-never-forget/|title=Dolce & Gabbana shows Houston how to party haute Italian style and it's a night we'll never forget|website=CultureMap Houston|accessdate=3 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/best-dressed-amber-heard-alexa-chung|title=10 Best Dressed: Week of April 20, 2015|website=Vogue}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/04/12/t-magazine/ts-salone-del-mobile-party-at-palazzo-crespi.html|title=T's Salone del Mobile Party at Palazzo Crespi|date=13 April 2016|accessdate=3 February 2019|website=The New York Times}}

Coco Brandolini d'Adda

Early life and family

Career

Personal life

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