Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrta ferˈretti]; born 2 May 1950) is an Italian fashion designer and dressmaker. She designed for her namesake brand Alberta Ferretti from its foundation in 1981 to 2024, and designed for Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti until 2014. Her showroom is in Milan, Italy but her studio is in her native village of Cattolica, near Rimini, Italy.

Together with her brother Massimo, Ferretti co-founded Aeffe, a publicly traded clothing manufacturer and distributor based in San Giovanni in Marignano, in 1976. From 1994, Ferretti extended the breadth of her company outside of Italy beginning with the acquisition of a building at 30 West 56th Street in New York City. She also started Aeffe U.S.A., which produced and distributed clothing by Moschino, Rifat Ozbek, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Narcisco Rodriguez. The locale also became the hub for marketing her own collections.

From 2000 to 2006, Sanpaolo IMI – through Nuova Holding Subalpina – held a 20 percent share in Aeffe; it had purchased that share for $44.5 million.

In the early 2000s, Aeffe held a 50 percent stake in the Narciso Rodriguez fashion house.

Under several agreements, the company has been holding licenses to produce and distribute women’s clothing and accessories of the following brands:

Other brands licenses have included:

Aeffe took control of Pollini in late 2000 and introduced an apparel line in 2003. In the following years, Rifat Ozbek (2004–2007) and Jonathan Saunders (2008) served as the brand's creative directors. The apparel line was discontinued in 2010 as Nicholas Kirkwood was promoted to creative director of the brand. By 2011, Aeffe acquired the remaining 28 percent of Pollini from York Srl for 1.2 million euros, making it the sole shareholder.

In 2021, Aeffe acquired full control of Moschino through the acquisition of the remaining 30 percent stake it had not owned before.