Sunday, May 4, 2008

The genius of Salvatore Ferragamo

I love Ferragamo. My first pair of pumps in real life were Ferragamo. The mother of one of my best friends says these all the ONLY shoes she can wear, all others pinch her feet. LOL I stumbled upon this site on the net while browsing for shoes. Ferragamo was designing shoes that are still cutting edge today in the 1940s and 1950s. Ferragamos innovation, he invented the stiletto, and style completely revolutionized womens shoes around the globe.


'but if designers must wait for their customers to become
conscious of new styles who, then, determines fashion?…
the answer is: new fashion begin in the mind of the designer.
he must not stifle all his ideas merely because the world is not yeat
ready for them. I have no season”. - Salvatore Ferragamo 1957