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Meet the Italian Shoe Designer Who Collects Art by Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger, and More

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Walk into a church in Naples, Italy, and you might stumble across a Caravaggio or an Artemisia Gentileschi. For Italian shoe designer and collector Ernesto Esposito, that proximity to beauty shaped everything that followed.“I grew up in Naples, a city where beauty is not confined to museums but is part of everyday life,” Esposito said. “Art came first. Long before becoming a shoe designer, I was already fascinated by beauty, proportions, and the emotional power of objects.”Esposito began his car

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