TOD’S began in the early 1900s, when Filippo Della Valle opened a small shoe workshop in Italy’s Marche region. His son Dorino expanded the business, and by the 1970s, Filippo’s grandson Diego Della Valle transformed it into a brand with international ambitions. In 1978, the company was named J.P. Tod’s—chosen from a Boston phonebook for…
Acclaimed American Journalist and International Editor. My interest lies in the pace and direction of trend adoption in luxury fashion and lifestyle, access to real-time fashion through top influencers and how disruption and social-intelligence have transitioned the trend landscape through the democratization of the marketplace
