INSIDE VIEW OF YANTORNY & BOLDINI BY MERCEDES DE ACOSTA — on

One day in 1960, Greta Garbo was standing in a health food store in New York City when she saw a “long-toed, silver-buckled shoe” and ...

PIETRO YANTORNY'S LEGACY | MUSEUMS & SOCIALITES — on

"Pierre Yantorny is dead; an Italian bootmaker in Paris, the most expensive bootshop in the world. His lowest price for any pair of s...

CECIL BEATON | MRS RITA DE ACOSTA LYDIG'S COLLECTION OF YANTORNY SHOES — on

1911 | Giovanni Boldini Rita de Acosta Lydyg's portrait | Detail Oil on canvas - Private collection Source: Wikipedia Although s...

1920 | PIETRO YANTORNY AS SEEN IN VOGUE | PART 2 — on

Pierre Yantorny | Detail Source: Vogue - October 1, 1920 "When we know the price he [Yantorny] asks and the small fort...

1920 | PIETRO YANTORNY AS SEEN IN VOGUE | PART 1 — on

Pierre Yantorny Source: Vogue - October 1, 1920 "A foot is tiny, but one needs many thoughts to shod it in a way th...

1916 | PIETRO YANTORNY | THE SENSE OF BEAUTIFUL MUST BE ENCOURAGED — on

1914 -1919 | Pietro Yantorny for Rita de Acosta Lydig Gift of Mercedes de Acosta Source: Metmu seum “In Paris, the master ar...