Monday, October 26, 2009

History of Shoes during the 1920's


Salvatore Ferragamo started designing shoes for Hollywood's most popular ladies since the 1920's. Salvatore designed his first pair of shoes for his sisters at the age of nine. At this time he had found his calling and ended up studying shoe making in Naples. He then moved to California and here is where he found his success in opening up a shoe store to repair shoes and made to measure shoes. He then returned to Italy and was providing shoes to the most wealthiest women of the century such as, " Marilyn Monroe and Eva Peron. Salvatore is still to this day is designing Women's shoes for the most fashionable and wealthy people.

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