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Island Special.(Il Sandalo )
Byline: ALEXANDRA MACK editor: Sally Singer
The family that first cobbled Capri's signature sandals comes to the East Coast.
If you cut my veins, there's not blood coming out but shoes!" Jessica Tesorone's father-in-law, Luciano Tesorone--clan patriarch and the man behind the Il Sandalo brand--said this to her after she married his son Fabio and joined the family business. Forty years ago, Luciano started a small factory in Naples, then a flagship boutique in Sardinia, fashioning strappy sandals made popular by the glamorous likes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sophia Loren, and Audrey Hepburn on holiday. Fabio brought the brand Stateside eight years ago with headquarters in Palm Beach; another brother, Pier Paolo, designs the shoes and runs the factory back home.
"The sandals call out, 'Show me off wherever you go!'" says Jessica, who heads the U.S. operation with her husband. "The Capri is my favorite--it's what Jacqueline Kennedy used to wear, and the design hasn't changed since then. You can dress them up. You can dress them down." Or you can dress them in your own way, thanks to an in-house cobbler who creates a custom pair (choose flat ...
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