Salvatore
Ferragamo was born in 1907 in Bonito. At very young age, Ferragamo found his
passion for shoes. At age nine he made first pair of shoes for his sisters.
After study shoesmaking in Naples, Ferragamo has designed many innovative
shoes, yet they hurt the foot of the wearers. Thus, Ferragamo decide to studied
anatomy at the University of Southern California. When he return to Italy, Ferragamo started making shoes for
many famous celebrities such as Rita Hayworth, Sofia Loran, Audrey Hepburn and
Ingrid Bergman. Salvatore Ferragamo has designs many creative forms of shoes.
He got inspire from architecture, unconventional materials, industrial design
and art. 
Christian
Louboutin was born in Paris 1963. He has three sisters. Because he thought that
he has adopted by his family, he had decided to invent his own history. He
decided to come to Egypt and India as a teenager. Then came back to French with
a portfolio of drawing shoes. Christian got inspire from seeing a sign from
Africa forbidding women wearing sharp stilettos from entering a building. The
image caused a strong impact on Christian mind and he decides to use the idea
in his design. Christian Louboutin design has been well know with the red sole
signature. The idea about the red sole came up when he saw his assistant red
nail polish.
There are
differences and similarities between Salvatore Ferragamo and Christian
Louboutin. The similarities are Salvatore and Christian both have the passion
and fascination on shoes making. They all start making and drawing shoes from
very young age. They are both have an innovation and difference in their
designs. Moreover, Christian and Salvatore had make shoes for many famous
celebrities by their time. Salvatore had make shoes for Sofia Loran, Audrey
Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman and Marilyn Monroe in the past. And now, Christian
has make shoes for Lady Gaga, Joan Collins, Jennifer Lopez and Madonna. And now
the two companies are both expand into leather goods and other accessories.
The differences
between Salvatore and Christian are their inspiration. Salvatore got
inspiration mostly from architecture, industrial design, and art. However
Christian got his inspiration from history and event or even random thing like
red nail polish. Salvatore had his strong background in shoes design by attend
to shoes making school and Anatomy University. However, Christian did not
attend to design school. He is a truly self taught designer. Salvatore
Ferragamo shoes design often has massive platform and wedge shape. However
Christian Louboutin concentrated on the sharp stiletto heels with red sole.
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