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Shining heels and soles
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teel or brass heels have graced shoes by Ferragamo since the Twenties. But they were at the height of fashion above all in the Fifties.
In 1955 Salvatore Ferragamo filed a number of important patents. One was a metalized heel in various colours, lined with a lamina of aluminium; another was a “cage” heel, hollow and lightweight yet strong . The third, and even more ingenious, patent was for a multiple heel adorned with gem-spattered, gold or silver plated metal decorations painstakingly hand-crafted to look like lacework.
But the most extraordinary invention was the metal sole that Ferragamo patented in 1956, when he was called on to create the most costly shoe he’d ever made - an 18 kt gold sandal
Salvatore Ferragamo Spa
Via dei Tornabuoni 2 50123 Firenze
Tel 055 35621
Sede Museo Salvatore Ferragamo
Piazza Santa Trinita 5 50123 Firenze
Tel 055 3562455/417/846
e-mail museoferragamo@ferragamo.com
Capitale Sociale: EURO 16.841.000,00 int.versato
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