GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI
Behind the famed shoe manufacture Vicini, there is the unmistakable hand of a man who put his DJ headphones behind him and gave himself up to creating items that are among the most loved and desired by women. It is the 1980s. Giuseppe Zanotti, in his early twenties, treasuring the time-honored and deep-rooted shoemaking tradition of his native town, San Mauro Pascoli, starts his career as a fashion designer and collaborates with internationally renowned companies for several years. His initial focuses are line, style and research. In the mid-nineties, eager to fully express his ideas and not to have to come to terms with his talent, he starts a project called Vicini. Together with his wife Cinzia, he takes over a company that can manufacture the shoes of his dreams. Mixing fantasy and business pragmatism, style and technique, values and quality, Vicini has become a company of international renown and an absolutely outstanding player in the luxury shoes sector in just over a decade. Giuseppe Zanotti has been the first actor of this story, a grown-up young man who followed his dream and has never stopped, and never stops, looking for something more.