Vince Camuto

[2] In 1968, Camuto met fellow shoe industry professional Jerome "Jack" Fisher aboard an airplane.

[2] The company combined fashionable designs with popular prices, making use of Brazilian factories for the bulk of its production.

This enabled Fisher Camuto to achieve great efficiencies in warehousing and to match supply with demand, thereby limiting losses through overproduction.

Nine West also effectively grew in size and public consciousness through its establishment of a network of company "concept stores" in urban centers across the United States.

Closely thereafter in 2006, he partnered with Tory Burch to launch her footwear collection and collaborated with her to create the Reva ballet flat.

Camuto supported charities including Ronald McDonald House, St. Jude's Hospital, Leukemia Society of America and The Domestic Abuse Awareness Foundation.

[3] Alex Dillard, president of Dilliard's Inc. eulogized his friend as "an icon" of the fashion industry whose "passion for the footwear business and ... vision for style meeting function were unmatched.