Massaro

Massaro is a Paris bespoke shoemaking house founded in 1894 at 2 rue de la Paix. Under Raymond Massaro, the third generation, it created the beige pump with a black toe cap for Gabrielle Chanel in 1957 and made shoes for couturiers including Madame Grès, Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix and John Galliano. Chanel acquired the house in 2002 through its craft subsidiary Paraffection, and after Raymond Massaro retired in 2008, Philippe Atienza became its director. It is one of Chanel's Métiers d'art.

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