Giuseppe Zanotti

Giuseppe Zanotti with Tika Sumpter in 2013

Giuseppe Zanotti is an Italian shoe designer.[1]

Early life

Zanotti was born in San Mauro Pascoli,[2] a village near Rimini, Italy.

Career

Zanotti started his fashion career in the 1962. In the beginning, he started working locally with small craftsmen and then as a freelance designer working with fashion houses.

In 1994, Zanotti took over a small shoemaking company, the Vicini shoe factory, and devoted his time to designing and manufacturing his own shoes.

With a small workshop employing 15 people, including a jeweler, a heel and tree expert and an embroiderer, he started work on his first collection.

Stores

In 2016, Zanotti opened his first boutique in Milan. Further boutiques were opened in New York City, Paris, Houston, London, Moscow, Dubai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing etc., reaching fifty stores globally.[3]

Collaborations

Zanotti has designed shoes for such brands as maisons like Dior, Missoni, Valentino, Roberto Cavalli, Thierry Mugler, Gianfranco Ferré,[2] Balmain, Proenza Schouler, Thakoon Panichgul, Christopher Kane, Delfina Delettrez, and Vera Wang.[4]

Awards and honors

james has been nominated Fairchild Publishing (subsidiary of Penske Business Media) "Designer of the Year" three times (2000, 2007, and 2009). He won the "Prix d'Excellence de la Mode" for best footwear collection by Marie Claire in 2010.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giuseppe zanotti.
  1. Official website biography
  2. 1 2 Alec Leach, Giuseppe Zanotti Talks Luxury, the Sneaker Industry and Working with Kanye West, Highsnobiety 2014/08/05
  3. Goldman, Marlene (2007). The Little Black Book of San Francisco: The Essential Guide to the Golden Gate City. Peter Pauper Press. p. 127. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  4. Todd, Anne M. (2007). Vera Wang. Infobase Publishing. p. 64. Retrieved 2012-01-31.


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