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= Erminio Vojvoda =

Erminio Albino Vojvoda

Biography Erminio Albino Vojvoda was born in 1902 as a son of the tailor Joannes Vojvoda (Petri) and Antonia Zović, waitress. When his father died in 1913, he left his studies to help his mother in the tavern. During the First World War the family Vojvoda took refuge in Slovenia. In 1918, Erminio came back to Vodnjan, which was by than annexed to Italy. He learned the craft of shoemaking by atttending the workshop of his neighbour Fabris Fioretto for almost four years and he perfected his work through a lot of courses in shoemaking and modeling of shoes in Vodnjan, Zagreb and Bamberg in Germany. In 1926, he managed to open his own studio. from 1927 to 1948 he cooperated with the Milan weekly "L'Eco", where many of his elegant models were published. His original style and the detail's accuracy enabled him to achieve success in the high fashion footwear of his time. In fact, he cooperated with big shoe-making companies like Bata in Borovo, Lucky Shoe Co.Spa in Trieste, Kombinat kože i obuće in Peć, Kosovo and ITO Istarska Tvornica Obuće in Pula. He represented the Italian fashion with original models published in the Belgrade magazine "Obućarska revija" for the winter collection 1937/1938, together with footwear creations from Paris, London and Vienna. Because of his anti-fascist activism, he was deported to labor camps (1944-1945), along with his brother Emilio, who unfortunately never returned home. In the eighties, Vojvoda wrote in his memoires: "I soent a significant part of my life in different detention camps and primarily in the concentration camp of Katschberg in Austria, in Carinthia, in Salzsburg area near St. Michael im Lungau". After the war, Vojvoda resumed his work as a shoe designer in his atelier in Vodnjan-Dignano, continuing to make shoes commisiioned by refined clients who loved his creation. In 1961 in the Italian magazine "L'Eco-supplemento illustrato", his drawings figured as emblem of the Yugoslav fashion among the best footwear designs from Germany, United kingdom, France, Italy and Austria. .

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