André Perugia
André Perugia | |
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Born |
1893 Nice, France |
Died |
November 1977 Cannes, France |
Nationality | french |
Occupation | Shoe designer |
André Perugia (1893-1977) was a French shoe designer. Perugia was born in Nice, France in 1893 of Italian parentage. He trained in his father's workshop and at the age of 16, in 1909, he opened a shop in Paris where he sold handmade shoes. He worked with designers including Paul Poiret, I. Miller, Charles Jourdan, Jacques Fath, Callot Soeurs and Hubert de Givenchy.
He wrote a book "From Eve to Rita Hayworth" in which he said that the way to unveil a woman's personality was to study her feet.
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