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THE BRAND/THE DESIGNER
SERGIO ROSSI shoes became known for their use of geometrics and color.
The brand grew in popularity in the 1970s and beyond, through collaborations with fashion designers, including Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, and Azzedine Alaïa. Sergio Rossi shoes became a mainstay at the Milan fashion shows.
Sergio Rossi shoes take a minimum of 120 different steps and 14 hours to create. The Wall Street Journal wrote of the process that, “building a shoe involves high-pressure nail guns, screws, heat-dried glues, sanding, painting, buffing, chiseling, and plenty of loud machinery. Leather and other materials are stretched around the lasts, then nailed, glued and molded in layers.
Brand website: www.sergiorossi.com
