Fashion and jewelry designer Countess Marta Marzotto died on Friday morning in Milan at the age of 85.
Beatrice Borromeo's grandmother was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, in 1931 as Marta Vacondio, the daughter of a railway signalman and a rice weeder, she started working as an apprentice seamstress before becoming a model. In 1954, she married Count Umberto Marzotto, of the storied textile family.
on July 30, 2016, 9:27 am
