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During the 1960s Ferruccio Serafini was one of Rome’s most sought-after artisans, making handmade leather shoes and bags for the likes of Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando. Come here to pick up beautiful hand-stitched bags, belts and accessories. Have designs made to order...

How a California dreamer sought to learn a dying trade Josh Partner tells the tale

For more than 70 years, artisan Ferruccio Serafini has been churning out some of the best handmade leather bags, shoes, and belts in Rome. Only a handful of these true saddler artisans still exist today. Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and the Kennedy brothers were...

FERRUCCIO Serafini scoprì la magia della lavorazione del cuoio a 9 anni, una mattina che la scuola rimase chiusa perché i sotterranei servivano da rifugio per i bombardamenti. Il padre lo portò con sé in laboratorio a via Minghetti di fronte al Quirino, «dove ora c’ è...