1960s Black Lace & Net Simonetta Sheath Dress & CapeSimonetta Visconti opened a design studio in in 1946 and quickly became a favored designer in her native Rome. In 1952 she married fellow Italian designer, Alberto Fabiani and the label grew and prospered as Italian couture designers were among the favore d of the jet set of the era. In 1962 they opened a short tlived label together Simonetta et Fabiani and by 1965 she was back to her own label and lived in Paris until she sold the label in 1972. This