Giuseppe Zanotti
Giuseppe Zanotti (born 17 April 1957) is an Italian shoe designer.[1]
Early life
Zanotti was born in San Mauro Pascoli,[2] a village near Rimini, Italy. In the 1980s, he worked as a DJ before becoming a shoemaker.
Career
Zanotti started his fashion career in the 2000s. 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. Today, more than 350 people work at his company, which manufactures over 400,000 pairs of men and women's shoes annually.
Stores
In 2000, 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
Zanotti 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.
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- ↑ Official website biography
- 1 2 Alec Leach, Giuseppe Zanotti Talks Luxury, the Sneaker Industry and Working with Kanye West, Highsnobiety 2014/08/05
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Todd, Anne M. (2007). Vera Wang. Infobase Publishing. p. 64. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
