2023.11.22
A Look Inside 'FERRAGAMO', Where the Finest Shoemakers Gather: Breathing the Founder’s DNA who Devoted his Life to Shoemaking
'FERRAGAMO', one of Italy's renowned luxury brands, is one of the few big houses that is still run by the original founding family.
I recently had the opportunity to visit the FERRAGAMO workshop on the outskirts of Florence, Italy. Here, I will take you through the inside story of the workshop and the history of FERRAGAMO.
The Founding of Salvatore Ferragamo
Salvatore Ferragamo, the founder, was born in 1898 in the rural town of Bonito in southern Italy. It all began when, at the age of six, he made a pair of shoes for his sister's baptism.Coming from a not so wealthy family, he dropped out of school at 9 years old (third grade of elementary school), trained under a shoemaker in Naples against his parents' wishes, and by 11 years old he had opened a shoemaking shop in his hometown of Bonito. Dreaming bigger, he immigrated to California, where his brothers and cousins lived, and opened a shoe repair and custom-made shop.
He became known as the 'shoemaker of the stars' as he proved to be a big success, making shoes for film costumes and having Hollywood's famous actors as clients.
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