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Chiara Ferragni
Chiara Ferragni
The brand Chiara Ferragni was launched in 2013 as a fashion yet pop shoe brand, from an idea of Chiara
Ferragni, Muse, Creative Director and CEO of the brand. In few seasons the brand evolved towards a
CHIARA complete total look featuring aside from shoes, garments and accessories adorned with a renowned eye
logo.
FERRAGNI In 2016 the brand moved its first steps towards a global expansion, launching pop-up stores such as: Le Bon
Marchè in Paris, LuisaViaRoma in Florence, Apropos in Cologne, Breeze Center in Taiwan, Selfridges in
BRAND London.
Moreover the brand empowered its distribution from July 2017 with the opening of its very flagship stores in
the heart of the most fashionable cities: Milan, Paris, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Chiara Ferragni is the brand of sharing, happiness, positive values and good vibes, both in real and digital
universe. Chiara Ferragni women are international, dynamic, cool, modern, and strong.
Ferragni's namesake line, Chiara Ferragni Collection, started out in 2013 as a footwear line with
Luisa Via Roma. It has since expanded into clothing, accessories and children's wear and boasts
four flagship stores and over 300 retail doors. The company reported 2016 revenues of €17
million ($20 million).
In 2012, Ferragni started to create “capsule” collections for brands, but even though these
brought profit, positioning efforts were needed. Than collaborations such as Louis Vuitton,
Dior, and Chanel, and by nurturing relationships with similarly positioned brands, Chiara
Ferragni image began to be associated not just to fashion but to high-end top brands.
The Chiara Ferragni Collection, a “small designer collection with a strong brand identity”. The
brand manufactured high quality made in Italy shoes. In one year’s time the new company had
already made 4 million USD of revenue, with the shoes being sold through the online store and
in more than 200 stores in 25 different countries worldwide.
The impressive reach and efficacy of the Instagram account brought to the restructuring of The
Blonde Salad brand: the blog was turned into a proper lifestyle-fashion 34 magazine, separated
and independent from Ferragni and was also expanded into an e-commerce integrated
platform where followers could directly purchase exclusive limited edition clothes from
selected brands.
In the meantime, in 2016, when sales from the Chiara Ferragni Collection reached 10 million
USD, Ferragni and Pozzoli opted for a differentiation strategy: the line now included to not
only shoes but also t-shirts, jumpers, trousers and so on so forth. The duo also focused on the
geographical expansion of the collection by not limiting it only to Europe and the USA, but also
to booming markets.
Chiara Ferragni collection is a unique bloggers namesake brand that operates in the high end
fashion market surrounded by highly esteemed fashion labels. The brand offers boutique
quality clothing and accessories that are original and exclusive both online and in stores. The
company has a strong online presence and community that is very user interactive. Chiara
Ferragni collection has a strong fan base and customer loyalty which was built through
Ferragnis distinct engagement with the millennial market
By that point, one of the main area of focus for Ferragni and Pozzoli was to carefully manage all the three brands that had come to exist by 2016: