When you think is mens fashion say, Salvatore Ferragamo. The master of design was was born in Bonito, Italy, in 1898, the eleventh of fourteen children. At age nine he made his first pair of shoes for his sisters to wear at their confirmation, upon doing so Salvatore discovered his calling, and developed his passion for shoes. During his years of studying shoemaking in Naples, Ferragamo opened a small store out of his parent's home. In 1914, he immigrated to Boston, where one of his brothers worked in a cowboy boot factory. In 1929, he launched a workshop in the Via Mannelli, concentrating in experimenting with design, applying for patents for ornamental and utility models and some related inventions. Ferragamo serves as an inspiration to other footwear designers of his time and beyond, he was a visionary, with designs ranging from the strikingly bizarre objet d'art to the traditionally elegant. In 1960 Salvatore Ferragamo died at the age of 62, but his name lives on through his international company, which has expanded its operations to include luxury shoes, bags, eyewear, silk accessories, watches, perfumes and a ready-to-wear clothing line. Today his wife, Wanda and later their six children, Fiamma, Giovanna, Fulvia, Ferruccio, Massimo and Leonardo, run the Ferragamo company. Today the Salvatore Ferragamo brand is popular global brand.
