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| 1957 | A model by Capobianco Source L'Officiel |
Abbiamo incontrato più volte Capobianco attraverso i film di Max Ophuls. Ma chi era Capobianco?
Nel suo libro intervista
con Eric Reinhardt (Rizzoli International Publications, 2011, di cui un estratto si può leggere qui) Christian Louboutin dichiarò che da ragazzino,
all’inizio degli anni ‘80, non era attratto dall’universo della moda; il suo desiderio era creare modelli per le ballerine delle Folies Bergères,
sull’esempio di Ernest e ... Capobianco.
In his interview with Eric Reinhardt (Rizzoli International Publications, 2011; an excerpt can be read here) Christian Louboutin
said that when he was seventeen, in the early 80s, he was not
fascinated by the world of fashion; his desire was to create shoes for
the Folies Bergère dancers, and his source of ispiration was the example
of Ernest and Capobianco.
We met already Capobianco talking about Max Ophuls' movies. But who was Capobianco?
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1946 | The professional entente of high-end bottiers |
The Members: Argence, Capobianco, Joseph Casale, Der Balian, Jean Drettas,
Elie, Greco, Gresy, Inabilac, Léandre, Maniatis, Reithler, Richomme.
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Nome oggi quasi dimenticato, a quei tempi Pascal Marius Capobianco era il “bottier degli artisti della Comédie Française e consigliere tecnico del Ministero dell’Educazione nazionale”, come dichiarava nelle sue pagine pubblicitarie.
Nato nel 1902 a Marsiglia, Capobianco iniziò la sua
attività presso il bottier italo-francese Nicolas Greco in rue de Capucines e
poi aprì una sua bottega nel 1930 in Faubourg Sant-Honoré a Parigi. Collaborò
per qualche anno con la stilista Madeleine Vionnet e poi fu tra i fondatori nel dopoguerra
dell’Entente Professionnelle de la Haute Botterie insieme con nomi come Sarkis
Der Balian, Argence, Joseph Casale, Maniatis.
Name almost forgotten today, Pascal Marius Capobianco was at the time the "bottier for the Comédie Française artists and technical advisor for the Ministry of Education", as stated in his advertising pages.
Born in 1902 in Marseille, Capobianco began his career with the French-Italian bottier Nicolas Greco in rue de Capucines and then opened his own workshop in Faubourg Saint-Honore in Paris in 1930. He worked for a few years with the stylist Madeleine Vionnet and he was among the founders in the postwar of the Entente Professionnelle de la Haute Botterie (The professional entente of high-end bottiers) along with names like Sarkis Der Balian, Argence, Joseph Casale, Maniatis.
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1958 | Model by Charles Montaigne | Sandals by Capobianco
Source: L'Officiel
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Fu in quegli anni che iniziò
la sua collaborazione con il mondo dello spettacolo, che si sarebbe prolungata,
con l’aiuto dei suoi figli, per decenni, con registi tra cui Max Ophuls e
Christian Jacque, Jacques Deray (Borsalino 1970), Pierre Granier-Deferre (Le
Chat, 1971 e Una donna alla finestra 1976).
At that time he began his collaboration with the show business and continued it, with the help of his sons, for decades, with directors including Max Ophuls and Christian Jacque, Jacques Deray (Borsalino 1970), Pierre Granier -Deferre (Le Chat, 1971, Une femme à sa fenêtre 1976).
At that time he began his collaboration with the show business and continued it, with the help of his sons, for decades, with directors including Max Ophuls and Christian Jacque, Jacques Deray (Borsalino 1970), Pierre Granier -Deferre (Le Chat, 1971, Une femme à sa fenêtre 1976).
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1970 | Jean Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon in Borsalino, by Jacques Deray
Shoes by Capobianco |
Source: Forgotten Silver
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Fu bottier di cantanti, attori e attrici come Simone Signoret, Martine Carol, Dominique Sanda e di protagoniste del jet set internazionale come la moglie di Aga Khan, Jackie Kennedy, la principessa Pahlavi.
It was the bottier of choice for singers, actors and actresses like Simone Signoret, Martine Carol, Dominique Sanda and protagonists of the international jet set such as the Aga Khan wife, Jackie Kennedy and Princess Pahlavi.
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1955 | A model by Capobianco
Source: L'Officiel
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Soprattutto però Capobianco fu fornitore della Comédie Française e realizzatore delle scarpe da ballo per l’Opéra de Paris, calzando i piedi di Ludmila Tcherina e Rudolf Nureyev, che ispirarono Louboutin.
Morì nel 1993 a Garches, Hauts-de Seine.
CAPOBIANCO
PART 2
SIMONE SIGNORET
& CAPOBIANCO
Morì nel 1993 a Garches, Hauts-de Seine.
And above all, however, Capobianco was the Comédie Française supplier and maker of ballet shoes for the Opéra de Paris, for Ludmila Tcherina and Rudolf Nureyev, which were the inspiration for Louboutin.
He died in 1993 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine.
He died in 1993 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine.
CAPOBIANCO
PART 2
SIMONE SIGNORET
& CAPOBIANCO
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1958 | Capobianco
Source: L'Officiel
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