Any profile of shoe designer Gianvito Rossi (creator of the above-pictured classic 4 inch pump)
has to start by confirming what many might already well know: yes, Gianvito Rossi is the son of top-end shoe designer Sergio Rossi.
And if you didn’t know, you know now. Glad we got that out of the way.
The younger Rossi has in fact been designing for many years now, with his first collection debuting back in Milan back in September 2006. Like many designers, Gianvito Rossi can’t live without his sketchbook – “it’s always with me” he told Bergdorf Goodman in an interview in 2013.
Our featured heels in this article come from Gianvito Rossi’s Cruise 2014 / 2015 collection. This is a classic black, high heel, pointy toe, single-soled pump, a type of heel that is deceptively difficult to design according to leading shoe makers.
When asked to comment on footwear trends, Gianvito Rossi said that “huge, massive platforms” were the shoe trend he never wants to see again. Hence we’ve chosen a single sole pump to illustrate this article. Sadly this one is no longer available – back in 2014 it retailed mytheresa.com for €470.
This view at least puts him in good company: platforms are the shoe trend that Paris Hilton might love, but Manolo Blahnik hates. Someone better not tell them that platforms are overdue for a comeback!