Ferruccio ferragamo biography of williams

On a balmy Thursday in Florence, James Ferragamo, grandson of Salvatore Ferragamo, is playing tour guide at his company headquarters — the 11th century Palazzo Spini Feroni overlooking the winding River Arno. Ferragamo, the director of men’s and women’s shoes and the leather division, is proudly highlighting all the patents mounted on the walls of the dining room: the undulating cork wedge with its layerlike rock formations; the Gloved Arch, which swathes the entire foot in leather; and the iconic F Wedge.

When Ferragamo spots the glass wedge patent, he proudly recalls his grandfather’s unwavering focus on innovation.

“He created the concept of covering a wedge with glass and then breaking it with a little hammer to get a shattered effect. He made it for Carmen Miranda in the 1950s.” Another cabinet contains replica lasts that the house’s late founder made for Hollywood r