F) custom-made footwear and custom-made dresses Fashion and culture itinerary in Florence

Saskia Wittmer was born in Berlin and after having attended Steiner schools, she decided to pursue her childhood dream. It was a dream that had her gazing in shoemakers' windows rather than playing with dolls. She learned the trade from a master shoemaker in the Hamburg countryside; then she moved to Florence where she worked for a craftsman, learning the secrets of the trade, for three years. The time had come to open her own shop. Here Saskia designs, cuts and stitches shoes, mainly for men, but also for women – especially fabric shoes to match dresses or moccasins. She uses the finest skins and materials (calf, kid, kangaroo, ostrich, alligator, elephant, shark, camel, perch and tripe) that she selects herself. Each pair of shoes is different, made to match the client's personality and destined to last for a long time – comfortable, beautiful and above all, unique.
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This is a fashion atelier and a design gallery with an incredible atmosphere created by the unmistakable style of the collections that are scattered about in apparent disarray and the furnishings, objects, unique design items that come together in a distinctive artistic dimension. Daytime and cocktail dresses, evening gowns, suits, and coats with almost futuristic lines and striking accessories are displayed along with the fabrics that clients can select for their unique – and also custom-made – clothes. The Giulia Carla Cecchi atelier also uses the clients’ old used furs to create unique “derivative” items. The atelier carries on and transforms the business founded by Giulia Carla in the 1930, and thanks to her daughter, Pola, the new creations have found a perfect setting in the art gallery scenario (from Studio Most founded by Pola’s late brother, the architect Marzio Cecchi).
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The early Dominican basilica was rebuilt in the Gothic-Romanesque style at the end of the end of the thirteenth century. The beautiful green and white marble facade was completed by Alberti around 1470. Inside the church there are many masterpieces such as the Trinity by Masaccio, the "crucifixes" by Giotto and Brunelleschi and in the transept, the lively Renaissance frescoes by Ghirlandaio and Filippino Lippi.
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