“These boots are made for walkin’, and that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you,” sang Nancy Sinatra in one of her famous songs, signifying how much a shoe can lift the spirit of a woman with a broken heart.
There are few other accessories that can communicate a woman’s identity like shoes. And one of the masters of their design is Maison René Caovilla (available online at Neiman Marcus and Net-A-Porter), which over its nearly nine-decade history has designed shoes that are true works of art and excellence. For creating his shoe empire, its founder, René Fernando Caovilla, was bestowed the title Emeritus Cavaliere del Lavoro — the Order of Merit for Labor — by former president of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
The red-carpet desirability of Caovilla’s world-famous sandals has made its way to Hollywood. A host of celebrities have swayed on the red carpets of major world festivals wearing these little masterpieces, born on the outskirts of the lagoon city of Venice. Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Emma Watson, Zendaya, Rihanna and Bella Hadid are some of the celebrities won over by their appeal.
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In the 50th anniversary year of René Caovilla’s most iconic model — the Cleopatra, featuring the famous coiled snake design on the ankle — the Venetian maison offers an evolution of the design. With a poetic name inspired by the Egyptian queen, meant to recall the snake that is the symbol of the maison and Cleopatra, the new silk-satin model comes in both variations of nude tones and in an explosion of ultra pop colors, all featuring a tapered spool heel, a semi-square toe and the signature stardust sole. The Spring Summer 2024 collection, presented during the just-concluded Milan Fashion Week, in addition to new shapes and textures, also features an…
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