Editing Elsa Peretti (section)

== Early life ==

Peretti was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]] as the youngest daughter of {{Interlanguage link|Ferdinando Peretti|it}} (1896–1977) and Maria Luisa Pighini. Ferdinando Peretti founded [[Anonima Petroli Italiana]] (API), a large Italian oil company, in 1933.<ref name="Reginato">{{cite news|last1=Reginato|first1=James|title=Elsa Peretti's Great Escape|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/08/elsa-peretti-halston-studio-54|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=Vanity Fair|date=16 July 2014|archive-date=23 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623121634/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/08/elsa-peretti-halston-studio-54|url-status=live}}</ref> She was estranged from her conservative family for much of her life,<ref name="Muller">{{cite web|last1=Muller|first1=Jolain|title=The Lasting Legacy of Elsa Peretti|url=http://www.primadarling.com/fashion/the-lasting-legacy-of-elsa-peretti/|website=Prima Darling|accessdate=7 April 2018|archive-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408010512/http://www.primadarling.com/fashion/the-lasting-legacy-of-elsa-peretti/|url-status=live}}</ref> though reconciled with her father shortly before he died.<ref name=":1" />

Peretti was educated in Rome and [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.perettifoundations.org/en/page.php |website=perettifoundations.org |title=Tiffany's star jewelry designer and philanthropist Elsa Peretti dies in Spain |access-date=21 March 2021 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320213823/https://www.perettifoundations.org/en/page.php |url-status=live }}</ref> She initially made her living teaching [[French language|French]] and working as a ski instructor in the German-speaking Swiss mountain village of [[Gstaad]].<ref name=encyclopedia-com/> Later, she returned to Rome to pursue a degree in interior design, and then worked for the [[Milan]] architect [[Dado Torrigiani]].<ref name="Taylor">{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Angela|title=Elsa Peretti: Zany and Talented|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/08/archives/elsa-peretti-zany-and-talented-by-angela-taylor-elsa-peretti-has.html|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=8 February 1974|archive-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407184346/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/08/archives/elsa-peretti-zany-and-talented-by-angela-taylor-elsa-peretti-has.html|url-status=live}}</ref>