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Samuele Failli

Luxury Footwear Design Director with 20+ years of experience across men’s, women’s, and sneakers.
About

Luxury footwear designer with more than 20 years of experience across men’s, women’s, and sneakers. Strong creative and technical background, with deep knowledge of product development and close collaboration with factories throughout the entire process, from concept to final sample.

Previous Brands
Azzedine Alaia SAS
Bottega Veneta
Calzaturificio Casadei s.p.a.
Prada Group
Samuele Failli
TOM FORD
Valentino
Versace
Yves saint Laurent
Gucci
Work Experience
Shoes Design Director man woman and sneakers
Sep ‘25 - Mar ‘26
Gucci

Consultant Shoes head designer woman man and sneakers
Mar ‘24 - Sep ‘25
Self employed

Senior consultant Shoes Designer
May ‘22 - Oct ‘22
Bottega Veneta

Working directly with creative director Matthieu Blazy

Man footwear, Sneaker and Leathergood head designer
Jul ‘20 - Sep ‘24
Versace

Shoes Designer
Apr ‘19 - Sep ‘24
Calzaturificio Casadei s.p.a.

Design director women and men footwear
Jun ‘16 - Dec ‘18
Valentino

Co-Founder and Creative Director
Oct ‘15 - Feb ‘20
Samuele Failli

Head of Footwear Design
Sep ‘12 - Sep ‘17
Azzedine Alaia SAS

In charge of all footwear project reposting directly to Mr Azzedine Alaïa

Design Director Ladies Footwear
Oct ‘11 - Sep ‘12
Yves saint Laurent

From march 2012 to September 2012 report directly to Hedi Slimane From October 2011 to march 2012 report directly to Stefano Pilati

Senior Footwear Designer
Mar ‘11 - Oct ‘11
TOM FORD

Woman and Man Collection reporting directly to Tom Ford

Senior Ladies' Footwear designer
Oct ‘04 - Mar ‘11
Prada Group

In charge of: - Prada Woman Pre collection: reporting directly to Fabio Zambernardi and Patrizio Bertelli. Show: reporting directly to Fabio Zambernardi, Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli. -Azzedine Alaïa Reporting directly to Fabio Zambernardi

Languages
Italian - Native
English - Fluent
French - Basic
Education & Training
University of the Arts London
‘02 - ‘04
Foundation Degree Cordwainers Footwear Design
Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy