Dana Thomas

Salvatore Ferragamo began his career as a shoemaker before he was barely a teenager. In America, his work would soon help invent the glamour of Hollywood's silent era as he created shoes for iconic films and stars like Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks....[T]his is a portrait of a man whose vision, passion, and craftsmanship made him "shoemaker to the stars," and an enduring cultural, fashion, and artistic influence.