Sacchetti

Born in 1922, Aldo Sacchetti begins working in his fathers shoemaking workshop, opening his own workshop in Turin's via Arsenale in 1948. He enters the world of fashion in the early Fifties, the the catwalk presentations of young fashion houses organised by Anna Vanner at the Carignano Theatre in Turin. Soon the Italian high fashion (Alta Moda) notices his talent, marking the beginning of his collaboration with the great Italian fashion houses of the period, for the catwalks of Florence and Rome. Sacchetti is an exceptional innovator, that creates new models of shoes: the ballet flats edged with elastic are are invention of his, that he sells the patent for to an American manufacturer. In the Sixties he designs, for fashion designer Jacques Esterel, shoeS that have only their soles and heels, to better highlight the coloured tights during catwalk presentations at Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Sacchetti adds to his inventive abilities a great technical knowledge and know-how of raw materials. Among his most famous creations are his mosaic-like leather-works, or his jewel shoes profusely adorned in rhinestones with gold and silver trimmings, which he handcrafts with few trained artisans. By the end of the Sixties he takes over the business of Bartolomeo Cavallera, and moves to via Pietro Micca; he now has two thousand hornbeam wood lasts of his clients, among which those for Maria Callas, Audrey Hepburn and Queen Elizabeth. Aldo Sacchetti closes his workshop in 1993 donating his creations to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Museo della Calzatura in Vigevano.

Aldo Sacchetti and his wife in their workshop