Shoes

Designer Pierre Yantorny Italian

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Pietro Yantorny, the self-proclaimed "most expensive shoemaker in the world", was a consummate craftsman utterly devoted to the art of shoemaking. Yantorny sought to create the most perfectly crafted shoes possible for a select and exclusive clientele of the most perfectly dressed people.Yantorny expected to provide his clients with a full footwear wardrobe, and in a 1913 article for the New York Times, he enumerated the eleven different styles of shoes the fashionable lady required. This pair of blucher or derby shoes would have been suitable, according to Yantorny's advice, for a morning walk.

Shoes, Pierre Yantorny (Italian, 1874–1936), leather, French

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Shoes, Pierre Yantorny (Italian, 1874–1936), leather, French
Shoes, Pierre Yantorny (Italian, 1874–1936), leather, French

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