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  Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams

  Monday, October 31, 2022 3:06:40 PM | (age group: 35–49) | M

  Born in 1898 in the small village of Bonito, Italy, the 11th of 14 children of parents who were wheat-and-olive farmers, Salvatore Ferragamo grew up poor but knowing from a young age what his calling would be. He began his career as a shoemaker before he was barely a teenager. Immigrating to America in 1915 at the age of 16, his work would soon help invent the glamour of Hollywood’s silent era as he created shoes for iconic films including "The Thief Of Bagdad" and "The Ten Commandments" and for stars including Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, many of whom became his friends. Overcoming a Depression-era setback, Ferragamo rebounded and would def