Website: www.coveri.com

1952-1990

Enrico Coveri was born in Florence, Italy in 1952. He studied at the Accadema delle Belle Arti in Florence.

In 1973, he began working freelance for several companies, creating knitwear and daywear lines under the name Touche, among others.

He moved to Paris in 1978 to work at the Espace Cardin, the vast design institute set up by Pierre Cardin. Shortly after that, he returned to Italy and established his own company in 1979.

The picture here is a group of exhuberant girls wearing bright Coveri designs of Spring 1987.

Coveri was a bold designer of young, fun-loving fashions. He blended strong colours into striking, clever designs of knitted tops and trousers that had a broad appeal. He was also known for including comic characters and pop art designs in his clothes.

He died in 1990 when he was only 38 years old.

His sister Silvana and her son Franciso Martini (born 1975) took over the operation of the house of Coveri. In 1996 they brought out a "Young Coveri" line using the colourful designs similar to those use by Enrico earlier.

Spring/Summer 2003

The Enrico Coveri ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2003 collection was presented during the Milan Fashion Week in October 2002 which was very well received. This is an outfit from that collection.

Fall 2003

The house of Coveri presented their Fall 2003 collection during Milan Fashion Week in March 2003. It was very well received.

Spring/Summer 2004

The Coveri ready-to-wear collection for this season, was shown during the Milan Fashion Week in October 2003. One dress from the collection is shown on the right.

The prints and colours of the designs were bright and brilliant as is the fashion this season.

Fall/Winter 2004 ready-to-wear

Coveri presented their Fall collection in Milan during Fashion Week in February 2004. On the left is an outfit from the show. Their range of printed dresses were warmed up for winter with attractive furs dyed in bright colours, like this lemon yellow.

Spring/Summer 2005

During Milan Fashion Week in September 2004, the house of Coveri presented their Spring collection. A pretty printed dress from the collection is shown on the right.

They have used all the colours of the rainbow for a collection with a very fashionable Italian mood. Hot pink pants suits and graphic tees, Brazilian cut bikinis and silk boy shorts combined with multicoloured mini dresses.

Autumn/Winter 2005

The house of Coveri presented their Autumn/Winter collection during Milan Fashion Week in February 2005. One of the dresses from the collection is shown on the left. It is a green satin mini-dress with a big bow on the hip. The collection was colourful and sexy. Fur coats and jackets were worn with the clothes, as will be needed in the cold winter season ahead.

Spring/Summer 2006
Milan Fashion Week

The design team at Enrico Coveri presented their Spring/Summer 2006 collection during Milan Fashion Week in September 2005.

Here on the right is an outfit from the collection. Cotton knee length shorts in bright floral print cotton are shown with a pink sleeveless top with white lace edging.

Their collection was full of brightly coloured cotton sundresses and separates just right for next spring and summer. Cuffed shorts were shown (so popular this season) and short jackets.