André Perugia

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, Callot Soeurs and Hubert de Givenchy.

Perugia's trademark "heel-less" shoe

1950 "Homage to Picasso" sandal

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.

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