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Tod's Group is an Italian
company
which produces shoe
s and other leather goods, and is presided over by businessman Diego Della Valle
. It is most famous for its driving shoes.
Dorino Della Valle started the shoemaking
business out of a basement in the late 1920s
. Diego Della Valle, Dorino's elder son, expanded the workshop and turned it into a factory that started manufacturing shoes for American
department stores in the 1970s. Diego brought in innovative marketing strategies in the early 1980s
, kept the handmade manufacturing process and went on to create brands of lifestyle named Tod's, Hogan and Fay. Roger Vivier
, maker of high luxury shoes was acquired in the mid–1990s
and developed starting the beginning of this Millennium. In 2003, Italian designer Bruno Frisoni was hired as Roger Vivier's Creative Director.
The Della Valle family, which owns a vast majority of the luxury maker also has stakes in RCS MediaGroup
, the football
team Fiorentina
and other companies. All members of the family were born in the middle Italian region
of Marche
, and many of them continue to reside there.
Tod's has numerous stores around the world, including large flagship stores in Singapore
and Hong Kong
.
In the United States Tod's boutiques can be found in:
Italy
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company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...
which produces shoe
Shoe
A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function...
s and other leather goods, and is presided over by businessman Diego Della Valle
Diego Della Valle
Diego Della Valle is the President and CEO of the Italian leather goods company, Tod's.-Biography:Diego Della Valle is the older son of Dorino Della Valle and grandson of Filippo Della Valle...
. It is most famous for its driving shoes.
Dorino Della Valle started the shoemaking
Shoemaking
Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or...
business out of a basement in the late 1920s
1920s
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. Diego Della Valle, Dorino's elder son, expanded the workshop and turned it into a factory that started manufacturing shoes for American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
department stores in the 1970s. Diego brought in innovative marketing strategies in the early 1980s
1980s
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, kept the handmade manufacturing process and went on to create brands of lifestyle named Tod's, Hogan and Fay. Roger Vivier
Roger Vivier
Roger Vivier was a French fashion designer who specialized in shoes. His best known creation was the Stiletto heel.Vivier has been called the "Fragonard of the shoe" and his shoes "the Fabergé of Footwear" by numbers of critics. He designed extravagant richly-decorated shoes that he described as...
, maker of high luxury shoes was acquired in the mid–1990s
1990s
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and developed starting the beginning of this Millennium. In 2003, Italian designer Bruno Frisoni was hired as Roger Vivier's Creative Director.
The Della Valle family, which owns a vast majority of the luxury maker also has stakes in RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. , based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV...
, the football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
and other companies. All members of the family were born in the middle Italian region
Regions of Italy
The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....
of Marche
Marche
The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...
, and many of them continue to reside there.
Tod's has numerous stores around the world, including large flagship stores in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
.
In the United States Tod's boutiques can be found in:
- New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
- Beverly Hills
- Bal Harbour
- ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
- Las VegasLas Vegas StripThe Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...
- Dallas
- Costa Mesa
- Honolulu
- San JoseSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
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