Sergio Rossi (31 July 1935 – 2 April 2020) was an Italian shoe designer, who founded his own brand.
[1] Rossi was born in San Mauro Pascoli in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
He first gained attention in 1960 when film director Federico Fellini used his shoe for actress Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita.
[1] In March 2020, Rossi and his company donated €100,000 to the Ospedale Luigi Sacco in Milan, in a joint effort from the fashion industry to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.
[5] On 2 April 2020, Rossi died in Cesena at the Maurizio Bufalini Hospital from COVID-19 at the age of 84.