THE SHOE FACTORY ELIO | LUINO | VARESE | PART 1 — on

The shoe factory ELIO was founded  in Luino (Lake Maggiore)  by Mario Ambrosetti in 1919. Ambrosetti, a former bank accountant born in 189...

1977 | WILLIAM SAROYAN | THE SHOEMAKER AND THE OWL — on

Up at number 4 bis Rue Chateaudun four blocks from my four-room flat on Rue Taitbout, is a small square room on the street, which is a sho...

2016 | ALDO SACCHETTI | EXHIBITION AT THE FOOTWEAR MUSEUM OF VIGEVANO — on

1950s| Aldo Sacchetti At the Footwear Museum of Vigevano Photograph: Irma Vivaldi The ongoing Wunderkammer exhibition at the...

1998 | ROBERT CLERGERIE | HEELSTORY — on

1998 | Robert Clergerie Photograph: © Christophe Villard Source: Musée international de la Chaussure | Romans 1998 | Robert C...

1932 - 2016 | UMBERTO ECO — on

It is always possible to isolate a cultural framework in which some contextual and circumstantial selections are coded, as in the example o...

1957 | JOSEPHI OF DELMAN | THE ROSE PETAL SANDAL — on

1957 | Flower Petal Heel by Delman Source: The Province (Vancouver, BC) - January 9, 1957 Colored patents in flower garden yell...

1922 - 1925 | PERUGIA COPIES BY JOHN WANAMAKER — on

The deal with New York's department store John Wanamaker is an early sign of the huge success enjoyed by André Perugia in the Twenties...

1973 | TOMORROW'S FASHION IS ALREADY AT CASTEA | PART 2 — on

1973 | CASTEA | Detail San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan Source: Ars Sutoria 1973 | CASTEA San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan S...

2001 | WOODY ALLEN | THE CURSE OF THE FLORSHEIM SHOE [FEAT. ELVIS PRESLEY AND NOFX'S EL HEFE] — on

Milton Florsheim was a cobbler’s son who started the company in Chicago in 1892, hoping to produce high-quality men’s dress shoes at moder...

1959 | DESIGNERS AT THE 14TH NATIONAL SHOE FAIR OF VIGEVANO | PART 6 | WOMEN'S DESIGNS — on

1959 | Trovato Source: Catalogue of the 14th National Shoe Fair of Vigevano

1959 | DESIGNERS AT THE 14TH NATIONAL SHOE FAIR OF VIGEVANO | PART 5 | WOMEN'S DESIGNS — on

1959 | Antonio Rolla and G.Rovelli Source: Catalogue of the 14th National Shoe Fair of Vigevano

1959 | DESIGNERS AT THE 14TH NATIONAL SHOE FAIR OF VIGEVANO | PART 4 | MEN'S SHOES — on

1959 | G. Gallazzi Source: Catalogue of the 14th National Shoe Fair of Vigevano 1959 | A. Ferraris Source: Catalogue of the 1...

1959 | DESIGNERS AT THE 14TH NATIONAL SHOE FAIR OF VIGEVANO | PART 3 | DINO BORSANI — on

1959 | Dino Borsani Source; Catalogue of the 14th National Shoe Fair of Vigevano