Italian shoemaker Stefano Bemer died on July 27 aged 48 following a long illness. Tributes have poured in for the man whose workshop attracted a number of celebrities.

Mr Bemer’s clients included Andy Garcia, Julio Iglesias and Gianfranco Ferré, all of whom visited his small workshop in the San Frediano district of Florence. Daniel Day-Lewis also visited during his Tuscan holiday to ask the craftsman about his shoes. The next day and for the following eight months, the actor showed up at 8am each day to work as an apprentice.

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