[Ferragamo, Salvatore. (1898–1960)] Ferragamo, Wanda. (b. 1921) Shoemaker of Dreams - INSCRIBED to June Weir
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[Ferragamo, Salvatore. (1898–1960)] Ferragamo, Wanda. (b. 1921)
Shoemaker of Dreams - INSCRIBED to June Weir
New York: Crown Publishers. 1972
Autobiography of "the man who distinguished himself in the world of shoe fashion by combining style with comfort," inscribed on the front free endpaper to fashion journalist June Weir by Wanda Ferragamo, the wife of Salvatore Ferragamo. 232 pp. 8vo. Hardcover. 31 illustrations. Two pages of the final chapter, which concerns the Ferragamo brand's ongoing activities after Salvatore's death in 1960, have been highlighted in green by Weir. Overall very good.
From the collection of June Weir-Baron (1928 - 2015), fashion historian and journalist, the first woman Vice President at Fairchild Publications, a major force in her capacity as Fashion Editor and Assistant publisher of Women's Wear Daily and W, as an influential editor at Vogue, Executive Fashion Editor at Harper's Bazaar, deputy Style Editor for The New York Times Sunday Magazine and Contributing Editor at Mirabella.