https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/fashion/italy-luxury-shadow-economy.html

  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/style/pink-fashion-institute-of-technology-exhibit.html

The idea to start making very high quality women's footwear right here in the United States, springs from a number of different sources. The deepest well of course is that I like shoes. I like interesting shoes, and I like shoes that I can wear happily without counting the minutes...