Fiamma Ferragamo (3 September 1941 – 28 September 1998) was an Italian businessperson and shoe designer who was executive vice president of the company Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. She began working for the company under her father Salvatore Ferragamo when she was 16 and inherited it following his death in 1960. Ferragamo expanded the business' operations and designed the Vara shoe in the 1960s. She received the 1967 Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in Fashion among other awards.[1]
Family background
She was born Fiamma Ferragamo in Florence, Italy in 1941,[2] during the height of the Second World War.[3] She was the eldest of six children of the shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo and his wife Wanda Ferragamo (née Miletti).[4]