Chiara Ferragni

Biography

Chiara Ferragni (born 7 May 1987) is an Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer, and model who has collaborated with fashion and beauty brands through her blog The Blonde Salad.

Ferragni was born in Cremona in 1987. Ferragni is the oldest daughter of three girls, the daughter of a dentist from the northern city of Cremona. 

Her mother Marina Di Guardo is an Italian writer from Sicily who also worked as deputy director of the Blumarine fashion house.

At the age of 16, she was hired by the Beatrice model agency in Milan, Italy. She modeled for the agency for a couple of years and then stopped, due to "other goals to reach in my life". 

She started her fashion blog "The Blonde Salad" in October 2009 with an ex-boyfriend, Riccardo Pozzoli. 

In December 2011, she was profiled as the Blogger of the Moment in Teen Vogue, while still a law student at Bocconi University. She has not obtained her University degree.

As of 31 July 2017, Ferragni had 10 million followers on Instagram. Because of her broad following, she was able to earn about $12,000 for a sponsored post on Instagram. She also used her Social Media followership to campaign against the far-right party in Italy.

 In 2017, Ferragni was chosen to design costumes for the 4th edition of Intimissimi on Ice. On 26 July 2017, she opened her first Chiara Ferragni Collection store in Milan.

In June 2020, the Italian rapper Baby K published the summer hit "Non mi basta più" featuring Chiara Ferragni. 

Ferragni and her husband raised €3 million in 24 hours through a fundraiser to support the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. 

In April 2021, Ferragni joined the Board of Directors of Tod's Group. In May 2021, Ferragni unveiled the Nespresso × Chiara Ferragni collection on her social media.

 A temporary pop-up cafe was set up in celebration of the capsule. In 2022, she announced the launch of her own line of fragrances.