Salvatore Ferragamo Sunglasses
Read moreSalvatore Ferragamo The company, Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A., founded in 1927, is one of the most prestigious and internationally known luxury brands, with more than 450 stores in over 55 countries. Footwear, handbags and small leather goods, scarves and ties, men's and women's ready-to-wear, bijoux, watches, fragrances and eyewear are the products created and marketed by Salvatore Ferragamo. Salvatore Ferragamo (1898-1960) was a 20th Century Italian footwear designer born in Bonito near Naples. After making his first pair of shoes at age nine, for his sisters to wear on their confirmation, young Salvatore decided that he had found his calling. After studying shoemaking in Naples for a year, Ferragamo opened a small store based in his parent's home. In 1914 he emigrated to Boston. After spending thirteen years in the United States, Ferragamo returned to Italy in 1927, this time settling in Florence and began to fashion shoes for the wealthiest and most powerful women of the century, from the Maharani of Cooch Behar to Eva Peron to Marilyn Monroe. The Salvatore Ferragamo Musuem opened in Florence in 1995.
