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...The family-owned brand, whose eponymous founder first gained fame creating shoes for stars including Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth II, reported a return to positive retail...
...Italy’s west coast is just over an hour’s drive, while Florence airport is a 1h 20min drive....
...Its eco-friendly, crochet reworking of “Rainbow” sandals, created in 1938 for Judy Garland, ticked both boxes. Vogue hailed it as a “woke” comeback....
...Next door are French-born American artist Arman’s rough-hewn wooden-fabric face masks, with hollowed eyes and sometimes human teeth, from Gabon, Tanzania and Ivory Coast, and the Punch and Judy dolls, ventriloquist...
...A landmark in Florence, its grandeur invariably reduces visitors to a hushed silence....
...He and his wife Judy bought Saling Hall in 1967 and he says that wherever they move, they will create a new garden and open that....
...Mr Ferruccio’s father, Salvatore, put handmade shoes on the feet of Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren, Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland....
...Judy Steele was there, and went for me. I felt great.” Why?...
...Michele Norsa, chief executive of the Florence-based company, said that Ferragamo would start preparing in April for its listing once it had completed a three-year business plan....
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