Heritage

Established in 1985, Via Spiga is named after the main street in one of the most famed shopping districts in Milan. Italian design, luxurious materials and beautiful detailing maintain Via Spiga’s rich heritage, reflecting the cosmopolitan woman’s sophisticated, polished and feminine style. Today’s Via Spiga delivers sleek and architecturally inspired styles, bringing luxury fashion within reach.

The collection has a feel of amped up femininity for women who like to command attention when they walk down the street. With distribution in premier stores and boutiques, and the opening of our flagship store in New York’s Soho neighborhood, more fashionable women around the world are wearing one of fashion’s most desired labels. Via Spiga.

Designer, Paola Venturi

Paola Venturi brings nearly two decades of experience in contemporary fashion footwear design and creative brand direction to her role as Via Spiga's Creative Director. As the architect of design and creative vision across all product categories, Paola delivers the quality and Italian design consumers have come to expect from Via Spiga.

She came to Via Spiga in January 2009 from her post as Creative Director for Te Casan. Prior to that, she led creative design for women’s footwear under the Kate Spade label for six years, and developed and designed women’s and men’s shoe collections for Calvin Klein. She began her career with Sergio Rossi, where she discovered her passion for the shoe world. Paola graduated from the School of Arts in Rimini, and studied footwear design at the world-renowned Ars Sutoria Institute in Milan. She now oversees Via Spiga’s worldwide design team, and is based in our Italian design center in Florence.