Wanda Ferragamo was an abiding presence at Salvatore Ferragamo, taking the helm of the family business in 1960 after her husband’s death (she married the house founder aged just 18; he was 23 years ...
For the past 35 years, Salvatore Ferragamo’s elegant Vara shoe has remained a bestseller with only a few colour changes along the way. But the round-toe style with a grosgrain bow is getting a hip ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
If you’ve ever wanted to walk in the shoes of Hollywood golden era stars Gloria Swanson and Mary Pickford, now’s your chance — kind of — thanks to a limited-edition capsule collection from Italian ...
SOMETIME BACK IN 1998, Massimo Ferragamo, the 43-year-old head of Salvatore Ferragamo’s U.S. operations, decided to open a boutique in downtown Manhattan. Massimo is so polished – permanently tanned, ...
The British-born designer — who now splits his time between Florence, London, Manhattan and Connecticut — starts each of his collections with footwear. By Lindsay Talbot The son of an upholsterer to ...
It must be among the towering ironies of Italian fashion that its supreme foot fetishist, Salvatore Ferragamo, had to leave the boot to make a shoe. But that’s precisely what he did in 1914, working ...
Today marks what would be Marilyn Monroe‘s 99th birthday, and, even a century after her birth, her stamp on pop culture remains. The word icon is often thrown around, but there are few figures who ...