[1] Her mother Delia Soldaini Biagiotti was a successful dressmaker who designed the uniforms for Alitalia staff in 1964.

[3][2][4] While studying archeology at Rome University, Biagiotti abandoned her academic career to focus on fashion design.

[5] Biagiotti moved to Beijing and, in April 1988, was the first Italian designer to present a collection in China.

Laura's daughter Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna entered the family business in 1997 and became the company's vice president in 2005.

[citation needed] From 1980 until her death in 2017, Biagiotti lived and worked in the Roman countryside, in the restored 11th-century Marco Simone Castle.