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The materials

ove of materials was a constant in the work of Salvatore Ferragamo and constitutes an invaluable heritage for today’s company. Materials, on which the beauty, comfort and durability of a shoe depend as much as on its shape or craftsmanship, were objects of meticulous study for Salvatore Ferragamo.
He sought to maintain, indeed enhance, their character whilst adapting them at the same time to the model they were being used for. This fascination and continual experimentation involved not only traditional and prestige leathers but also more humble or unusual materials.

1 1950’s Leopard skins [...]

2. Ferragamo shoes in [...]

Before and during the second world war classic Florentine lace, paper, tree bark, raffia, hemp, fish skin and cellophane replaced suppler kidskin and calfskin and exotic crocodile. Immediately after the war, unique and unrepeatable designs for shoe uppers were made possible by new technical developments involving materials like nylon or synthetic raffia and sophisticated embroidery with rhinestones and glass beads (for evening wear).