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
Jacques Fath (6 September 1912 in Maisons-Laffitte, France – 13 November 1954 in Paris, France) was a French fashion designer who was considered one of the three dominant influences on postwar haute couture, the others being Christian Dior and ...
,
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. Always eager to experiment with new materials, shapes, and textures, Perugia continued to create shoes of startling originality throughout a 50-year association with I. Miller and then with Charles Jourdan.
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French fashion designers
Shoe designers
1893 births
1977 deaths
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