Designer Vince Camuto, co-founder of Nine West, dies at 78

Vince Camuto, 19362015 pic.twitter.com/kTjmvKin2s

In 1978, Camuto co-founded Nine West with Jerome Fisher. In 1999, they sold what had become one of the country’s largest shoe companies to the Jones Group Inc. for nearly $900 million.

Camuto is survived by his wife, Louise, and five children.

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