La Sportiva has announced that Federica Mingolla has joined its roster of total look athletes. Mingolla has been collaborating with the brand for years, using the climbing shoe line's technical models that best suited her style. She is also a mountaineer, and will now also wear La Sportiva apparel. Born in 1994, Mingolla has been a climber since the age of 14, starting on indoor walls and then moving on to rock. The company said that her feedback on the climbing apparel line will be essential to develop increasingly attractive female lines.
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