Rose Repetto
Rose Repetto (1907 – 1984) was an Italian-born French business owner. She established the Repetto ballet shoe company.[1]
Rose Repetto | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1907 Milan |
| Died | 1984 Paris |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | businesswoman |
She was born in Milan. Repetto designed a ballet shoe for her son, the dancer Roland Petit, at her workshop in Paris in 1947. She developed ballet flats for Brigitte Bardot in 1956 for the film And God Created Woman. They were known as Cendrillon, from the French version of Cinderella, and became popular as a fashion shoe. In 1959, she opened a boutique 22 rue de la Paix in Paris.[2] Her customers included Maurice Béjart, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Carolyn Carlson, the Kirov Ballet and the Folies Bergère.[3][4]
She died in Paris.[5] After Rose Repetto died, her son sold the company.[6]
References
- "Repetto". Monnier Frères.
- "Comment Repetto a réveillé la ballerine". Les Echos (in French). 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- "Repetto, the original ballerina flat". Nuvo. July 9, 2014.
- Design Museum Enterprise Limited (2009). Fifty Shoes That Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty. p. 31. ISBN 978-1840915891.
- "Rose Repetto". mondepotvente.com (in French).
- "Le triomphe de la ballerine, Cendrillon de la mode". FashionNetwork.com (in French). 31 October 2007. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
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