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Raymond MASSARO (....-....)
Bootmaker
Craft National Living Treasures 1994
Raymond Massaro is a real fashion designer, shoe the most beautiful and elegant women and the most refined men around the world.
Must it be for a model or for a private customer, the boot maker creates original top quality made-to-measure types of shoes, appreciated by the most demanding couturiers and shoe specialists.
Raymond Massaro’s creations are all the products of a traditional method and are renowned for both their impeccable comfort and their beauty. Velvet, satin, kid skin, crocodile, suede, mother-of-pearl, fine pearls... the list of the materials that can be used to shoe the most prestigious stars seems to be endless.
And yet, at each time the craftsman will choose the combination the most suitable materials to the morphology and personality of his customer.
He will display a traditional workmanship, passed on from father to son, from which you learn what’s a real “handmade product”, aimed at making a unique creation. And that’s what the secret of the Massaro workshop manufacture is all about.
That’s why it enjoys such an unrivalled notoriety in the world of luxury and elegance and why he has enjoyed a faithful collaboration with the contemporary Haute Couture creators for more than 50 years now.
