Italian Designer Double Breasted Silver Metallic Jacket by Salvatore Ferragamo Firenze x Martha

Made in Italy

Size 10

4 rhinestone front buttons, 2 pockets at hips

Matching buttons on cuffs

Lined in black

3 tags:

56% acetate 44% wool

42% SE 42% CO 16% PL

100% Silk

*** A few pulls from age coming loose around shoulders As Is

Measurements are taken flat and are approximate:

Undeararm; 19”

Waist: 18”

Length: 26”

Sleeve Length: 22”

“ Salvatore Ferragamo (1898 – 1960) is the person who gave Italian shoes the reputation they enjoy today. Born in Italy, he went to the US as a teenager. He ended up in Hollywood, designing shoes for the movies, but in 1927 he returned to Italy and opened a shoe-making workshop in Florence.

His career revolutionized Italy’s shoe industry by introducing a style and elegance which appealed to the best dressed in society. He was already exporting shoes back to America, as the stars he had been making shoes for continued to desire his work.

Ferragamo is credited with many innovations in shoe design – the sandal, the wedge heel, and the use of non-traditional materials in shoe-making. After Salvatore’s death, the company was headed by his wife, Wanda, and their oldest daughter, Fiamma. She is credited with developing the famous Vara pump in 1978.

These days the Ferragamo dynasty, headed by Wanda Ferragamo, produces fashion items other than shoes. There are five remaining Ferragamo children, each of whom runs a specific part of the Ferragamo fashion empire. “ - Vintage Fashion Guild

This item is sold from an excellent, highly rated vintage boutique in West Palm Beach, Florida.