Leather is in Maria Sole Ferragamo’s blood. Her grandfather Salvatore Ferragamo started making shoes out of Italian leather in the 1920s and created his eponymous footwear brand in 1927. After he died, in 1960, his wife, Wanda, and their six kids took over. Now, Maria’s dad, Leonardo, is the chairman of the family company.
Instead of joining Ferragamo, Maria, 32, started her own company, So-Le Studio, selling jewelry and accessories she makes out of upcycled scraps of leather.
