Salvatore Ferragamo, with six different widths for each length of shoe available, has been the market leader in the footwear industry for over seventy years, with around 100 sizes for each model and thus absolute precision in custom-made footwear. In 1998 he introduced a fragrance for men and women called "Salvatore Ferragamo".
Salvatore Ferragamo was born into a large family of fourteen children in Bonito, Italy. At the age of nine he became interested in the art of shoemaking and his reluctant father apprenticed him in Naples.
When Ferragamo was 14 years old, he emigrated to America by boat with many of his Italian fellow immigrants. Ferragamo quickly became famous in Hollywood, partly because of the Roman sandals he designed for Cecil de Mille's films. His shoes were not only stylish and imaginative, but they were also very popular for their comfort.
His wife and children took over the business in 1960 when Ferragamo died at a young age, and the family has since introduced ready-to-wear lines.