Wanda Ferragamo obituary

Shoemaker’s widow who built an Italian fashion empire from her husband’s legacyThis is a Cinderella story, with a twist. In 1940 the great shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo, 42 years old and at last successful, combed Italy for a suitable wife. He was no prince – he had slogged his way out of deepest rural poverty and survived reversals of fortune. What he knew about was feet, and how they should be shod.On a visit to his home town, Bonito, in southern Italy, to disburse charity fu