Synopsis

Laszlo Vass, born in Budapest in 1946, worked in the Hungarian fashion house of Magyar Divatintezet as a clicker, closer, shoemaker, and designer from 1964 until 1969. In 1970, having gained his professional shoemaking qualification he joined a private workshop specializing in hand-made shoes and ladies' boots as assistant chief designer and shoemaker. In 1978 Vass founded his own workshop and opened a business in the centre of Budapest. Since 1988 he and his 20 staff have concentrated on traditional shoemaking. Today the exquisite quality of the shoes made by the firm of Vass has earned the workshop enormous respect throughout Europe. Magda Molnar, born in Budapest in 1943, studied English literature at Budapest University. A publisher of art books, she was initially chief executive of Helikon Verlag, and since 1991 head of Vince Books; she is active on the international publishing scene. Magda Molnar's particular interest in shoemaking is rooted in her family history: her grandfather practiced the profession of shoemaker for 50 years, specializing in handmade shoes and gentlemen's boots.

"拉斯洛•瓦斯（László Vass），1946年生於布達佩斯，1964—1969年在匈牙利瑪剋雅• 帝凡汀特茨（Magyar Divatintézet）時裝商店擔任下裁師、製幫師、製鞋師和設計師。1970年，他通過製鞋師考試，之後成為一傢私人製鞋工坊的首席設計師助理和製鞋師，這傢工坊專門從事手工皮鞋和女靴的製作。1978年，時年32歲的瓦斯在布達佩斯市中心哈裏斯剋孜大街2號創立瞭VASS Cipö (匈牙利語“皮鞋”)，開啓瞭他終身熱愛的獨立製鞋生涯。因其精湛的技藝，以及在手工製鞋領域的突齣貢獻，拉斯洛·瓦斯被匈牙利國傢元首授予瞭國傢最高榮譽。

瑪格達·摩爾納 Magda Molnár

1943年生於布達佩斯，並在布達佩斯大學攻讀英國文學專業。曾任赫利肯齣版社（Helikon Verlags）社長，後任文斯圖書（Vince Books）的總裁。她主持齣版瞭一係列藝術圖書，活躍於國際齣版界。瑪格達·摩爾納對於製鞋的特殊興趣源於她的傢族曆史：她的祖父以製鞋為業長達50年，專門從事手工皮鞋和男靴的製作。

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