[4] In the 1950s, Carla started working with her sisters for Fendi, the family's shop[5] that Edoardo and Adele had begun in 1925.

[3] The sisters built the company from a small shop to a globally recognized brand with multiple product lines.

After their father died, they opened their own version of the Fendi store in 1964, and a year later hired a young Karl Lagerfeld to change the brand's image.

[4] In October 1984, she responded to the scandal over the tagline used by Fendi at a show, "shaped to be raped", an idea initially suggested by Lagerfeld.

[3] Her philanthropic arm, the Carla Fendi Foundation, was the major patron for the recent restoration of Rome's famed Trevi Fountain.