is an italian ready to wear manufacturer . it was founded in ancona in 1961 by arnaldo girombelli . history edit born in ancona arnaldo girombelli was the owner of a boutique with an adjacent small tailor workshop for skirts and blouses in his hometown . after gradually expanding the workshop and increasing the number of seamstresses in 1961 he founded a label for his creations genny named after his eldest daughter . 1 2 in the second half of the 1960s genny started to have a large success thanks to a line of pleated oblique skirts obtained through a new treatment technique of cloth 1 then in 1973 it introduced a youthful line byblos and gianni versace became its designer . 1 3 later guy paulin and his assistant christian lacroix replaced versace at byblos while versace launched another genny s experimental line complice . 3 in 1983 byblos became an independent company . 2 after the death of girombelli his wife donatella became the chairwoman of the group . 3 in 2001 prada acquired the label and genny stopped its production in 2004 . 4 in 2011 the label was acquired by facchini group which decided to relaunch the brand and appointed gabriele colangelo as the new designer . 4 references edit a b c fabrizio de marinis 8 july 1988 . una fortuna nelle pieghe della gon na . la repubblica . retrieved 4 september 2015 . a b richard harrison martin . contemporary fashion . st. james press 1995 . pp. 76 195 . isbn 1558621733 . a b c michael gross 11 march 1991 . a portrait of genny . new york magazine . pp. 18 19 . retrieved 4 september 2015 . a b eric wilson september 22 2011 . genny is back on the runway . the new york times . retrieved 4 september 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title genny & oldid 708438387 categories clothing companies of italyitalian fashion designers1961 establishments in italyclothing brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 5 march 2016 at 16 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view