Giuseppe Zanotti

A former DJ motivated by an innate passion for design, fashion and women's feet, Giuseppe Zanotti began manufacturing meticulously crafted footwear under his own name after taking over a shoemaking factory in his hometown of San Mauro Pascoli in 1994, an area home to a long tradition of Italian leatherworking. His designs represent a fusion of these two currents: a creative vision animated by art, music, and rock and roll, and a devotion to bringing the craftsmanship of traditional manufacturing into the future, with a personalized approach expressed through design collaborations with celebrities like Kanye West. Zanotti’s signature high tops and wedge sneakers in luxurious materials including snakeskin, embossed leather, velvet, and metallic foil, embellished with gold zippers, jewels, and metal plates, join ornately embellished heels and modern Grecian sandals in his mission to approach shoes like dressmaking, providing eye-catching and glamorously feminine footwear for every occasion.