Fabrizio Viti is an Italian fashion shoes designer. Born in

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on 22 February 1967, he has been the head shoes style director of the French fashion house

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since October 2004.

Early life and career

Subsequently his studies at the

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, Fabrizio Viti started his collaboration with a

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’s style studio and with Patrick Cox. After his first experience, Fabrizio Viti was hired by

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, where he started to team up with

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on both man and women shoe collections. From 1999, Fabrizio Viti worked for about 5 years for the Italian Fashion House

Prada Prada S.p.A. (, ; ) is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1913 in Milan by Mario Prada. It specializes in leather handbags, travel accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, and other fashion accessories. Prada licenses its name and branding t ...

. In October 2004, Viti was appointed Louis Vuitton’s head shoes style director where he directly collaborated with

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on the realization of man and woman collections and fashion shows. Fabrizio Viti, besides his passion for shoes, is known for his fashion dolls collection, source of inspiration since his early age. Presently he owns more than 600 dolls and “ LOVE magazine” decided to use one of them as cover model for its fourth issue. His collection features in a

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animated video, ''Walking in Fabrizio Viti's shoes''."Digital Couturier Magazines: Louis Vuitton 'New, Now' Site Offers Fashionable Content"
Katherine Vong, Trend Hunter, Jan 19, 2012, In June 2016 his first collection, "Please don't Eat the Daisies", has been presented bearing the Fabrizio Viti label.

Early life and career

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