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...than at Casa Della Valle. (Diego's eldest son Emanuele also works for the company, as do two cousins.) But you won't see Diego hand-stitching the driving shoes himself. Many of the families in his factory have been with the company for several generations, at least since Dorino, Diego and Andrea's father, set up shop in Casette d'Ete in the 1940s and later began manufacturing shoes for private-label department-store brands in addition to designers like Calvin Klein and Azzedine Alaïa. Dorino's father Filippo was a local cobbler whose workbench still sits...
Remembering their roots is the most important lesson that Dorino, now 80, has instilled in his sons (their sister Gisella doesn't work for the company). "Dignity, duty and enjoyment," he says. "If I had five minutes left with my son, I would tell him that is what life is about...
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