Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. is an Italian luxury goods company headquartered in Florence, Italy that specializes in shoes, leather goods, eyewear, watches, and ready-to-wear for men and women. The public fashion house currently has a market cap of $3.6 billion and is still owned by the Ferragamo family–Ferruccio Ferragamo is the company’s president. Salvatore Ferragamo–the company’s founder–emigrated to Hollywood and opened the Hollywood Boot Shop in 1923, where he made shoes for movie starts. Four years later, Ferragamo returned to Florence, Italy and eventually set up a shoe shop that has since become one of the world’s most iconic fashion brands. The company’s notable innovations include the wedge heel, the shell-shaped sole, the invisible sandal, metal heels and soles, and the sock-shoe, while famous clients included Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, Margaret Thatcher, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Read on for a list of the most expensive Ferragamo shoes on the market right now.
5. Men’s Bit Driver Mocassin – $1,750
This men’s Bit Driver Mocassin is an elegant and refined Venetian mocassin made of shiny crocodile leather on a rubber driver sole and features a simple metal gancio. The shoe pair is available in 14 different sizes, three widths–narrow, standard, and wide–and brown and black color options.
4. Men’s Gancio Bit Lined Loafer – $1,900
Made of sleek crocodile leather on a leather sole, this men’s Gancio Bit Lined Loafer is a luxurious and eye-catching loafer featuring a gunmetal gancio bit. Available in either black or chocolate brown, this shoe is also available in seven sizes and three different widths.
3. Men’s Penny Loafer – $2,000
Ferragamo’s men’s Penny Loafer is the most expensive Ferragamo loafer on the market. The split toe penny loafer, part of the autumn/winter 2014 collection, is made of crocodile leather on a leather sole and is available in three sizes, two widths, and two colors–black and medium brown.
2. Men’s Ornamented Driver – $2,200
Part of the autumn/winter 2014 collection, this hand stitched men’s Ornamented Driver mocassin features a Vara “Rave” ornament and is made of crocodile leather on a rubber driver sole. The elegant shoe is available in 13 sizes, two widths, and a black or dark brown color option.
1. Women’s Bota – $2,250
The most expensive Ferragamo shoe on the market right now is the women’s Bota. Part of the 2014 autumn/winter collection, these bold and modern boots are made of hand brushed calf leather and feature high gold heel inserts and a gold gancio buckle. A simple and elegant women’s boot, the Ferragamo Bota is available in an iron-grey color pattern, one size, and one width.
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