The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2021 - Issue 29

Italian shoe brand Casadei wows Jada Brookes with their SS21 collection of exquisite and inventive high and low heeled shoes. biteshoes C asadei F or over 60 years, Italian shoe brand Casadei has created emblematic shoes that cross the ages without ever going out of style. “The models of the Maison are a testimony to the excellent know-how and art of Italian manufacturing that distinguishes Casadei.” Founded in 1958 by Quinto and Flora Casadei outside of Rimini, a city on the Adriatic coast in the Emil- ia-Romagna region, the original name was Calzaturificio Casadei, meaning Casadei Shoe Factory. Their son and current creative director, Cesare, was born four years after the brand was founded. Casadei initially produced sandals for tourists and later branched out into national and inter- national markets. After studying in Switzerland, Cesare returned to Italy and worked in his parents’ business. In the mid-eighties, he produced his own line of shoes with a team of 10 skilled workers. His first designs were unisex styles, then casual footwear and fi- nally, phenomenal, spectacular shoes.