Espadrille Saint Laurent. At a trade fair in Paris in 1970, he came into contact with the Spanish espadrille manufacturer Castañer. Yves Saint Laurent had been looking in vain for months for someone to make him a wedge espadrille. Castañer managed to interpret Yves Saint Laurent's vision and the wedge espadrilles were an instant hit, influencing fashion even today. The espadrille style was revived in the USA in the 1980s, due to the success of "Miami Vice"—the shoe was worn by the character Sonny Crockett (played by Don Johnson). In 2013 at luxury shoe stores in New York City, a pair
An Unforgettable Summer Production and the French Ministry of Culture's "Centre national de la cinématographie", the Romanian firm Filmex, as well as filmmakers Marin Karmitz and Constantin Popescu. The screenplay, written by Pintilie, was based on the Petru Dumitriu's novel "Cronică de familie" ("Family Chronicle"), and in particular on its chapter "Salata" ("The Salad"), which is often described as a stand-alone novella. Reportedly, the director wished to use "Salata" as the film's title, but the name was imposed on him during production. "An Unforgettable Summer" differs from the original story by adding an English education to Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy's background, in what American