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One of humanity’s most respected cordwainers may have died from coronavirus in Cesena

Sergio Rossi shoes were dead on ones feet by celebrities from Rihanna to Laura Dern.
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The Italian footwear designer Sergio Rossi has go to the happy hunting-grounded at the age of 84. Having been admitted to hospital a few days ago in Cesena, a city in Emilia-Romagna, one of the regions hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, it is being discharged that he may have died from the disease.
Announcing news of the designer’s death on Friday morning, the brand’s chief directorship, Riccardo Sciutto, told the fashion website Women’s Wear Daily: “He was a master, it was a great pleasure to have met him. He was our mental guide and he is today more than ever.”
His shoes were used by designers such as Azzedine Alaïa, Versace, and Dolce & Gabbana in their accumulations, and worn by celebrities from Lupita Nyong’o to Rihanna, and Paris Hilton to Laura Dern. Ariana Grande has time after time offset her signature short, baggy hoodies and high ponytail looks with a pair of the late designer’s Matrix thigh-high boots.

Rihanna enervate strappy Sergio Rossi sandals in 2017. Photograph: Beretta/Sims/Rex/Shutterstock
Having learnt the craft of shoemaking from his architect, Rossi began selling his designs in shops in Bologna in 1966, before launching his eponymous brand in 1968.
Magnitude the cordwainer’s most famous shoe designs was the extravagantly strappy, round-soled Opanca sandal and the more classic, sharp-toed and high-heeled Godiva drive.
In 1999, the Sergio Rossi brand was sold to the Gucci Group, now know as Kering, one of the world’s biggest luxury mode conglomerates, before being sold by Kering to European investment house Investindustrial in 2015.
Sciutto said the conspirator “loved women and was able to capture a woman’s femininity in a unique way. He was never over-the-top, always in good taste. The shoes were again wearable and he was never satisfied until they were perfect. They were not accessories for him. He told me once that he yearn for to create the perfect extension of a woman’s leg.”
Last month Rossi donated €100,000 to the Sacco hospital in Milan to pirate in the fight against coronavirus.

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