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https://www.gettyimages.ch/detail/nachrichtenfoto/connie-tilton-rebecca-eisenberg-and-richard-feinstein-nachrichtenfoto/818835188 Connie Tilton, Rebecca Eisenberg and Richard Feinstein attend(s) New Museum Spring Gala and After Party Sponsored by Interview Magazine, Melissa Shoes, and Prairie Vodka at 7 World Trade on April 22nd, 2010 in New York City.

SUSAN AND LEONARD FEINSTEIN - Contemporary art; Modern art https://www.artnews.com/art-collectors/top-200-profiles/susan-and-leonard-feinstein/

Along with Warren Eisenberg, whose family has also appeared on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list, Leonard Feinstein is a cofounder of Bed Bath & Beyond, which was originally called Bed ‘n’ Bath when it first opened in New Jersey in 1971. He has served as co-chairman of the company since 1999. Along with Warren and Mitzi Eisenberg, Leonard and his wife, Susan, donated a joint $7 million to the New Museum’s building campaign in 2005. “New York City is the cultural capital of the nation, and the new New Museum will provide visitors to the city with an experience that is unmatched by others,” Susan said in a statement to Philanthropy News Digest, adding that “the new building will be a new landmark for the city.”

Susan was elected to the New Museum’s board of trustees in 2004, and she also serves as a trustee of the Jewish Museum in New York and is a member of the Contemporary Collectors Council of the Nassau County Museum. The Feinsteins are noted collectors of Gerhard Richter’s works, a number of which they have gifted to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. As part of a joint donation with the Eisenbergs, the Feinsteins gave MoMA Richter’s 2006 series “892-1-12, Abstract Paintings,”which was shown at the Marian Goodman Gallery in Manhattan in 2006. The title reflects the artist’s practice of recording his paintings by number. When asked by ARTnews in 2017 to share the names of the people who inspired them to begin collecting, the Feinsteins replied, somewhat unsurprisingly, the Eisenbergs. In fact, Leonard Feinstein and Warren Eisenberg are so close that they are executors of each other’s estates, according to Forbes.

Melissa Shoes https://shopmelissa.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendene

Grendene is a Brazilian company that is the world's largest manufacturer of sandals. It was founded by Alexandre Grendene Bartelle and his twin brother Pedro Grendene Bartelle

In 1979, Grendene produced their first sandal, the Melissa Aranha, after Pedro noticed the strip-sandals of fishermen from the French Riviera. A year later, the first Grendene plant specifically made for shoe mold manufacturing was opened in Carlos Barbosa. The company would go on to form partnerships with designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler. In 1984, the company started producing shoes for kids and 1986 saw the first men's shoe released. In 1990, the first Grendle shoe manufacturing plant was built in Fortaleza, with a second one opening in 1993 in Sobral, and a third in 1997 in Crato. Grendene would start creating new brands, with the Grendha line in 1994, the Melissa line in 1996. 2002 saw the shoe take stage at Sao Paulo Fashion Week, and partner with models like Gisele Bündchen, along with becoming the number 1 shoe manufacturer within Brazil, by number of pairs. On October 29, 2004, Grendene began trading shares on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange. A new plant was open in Teixeira de Freitas in 2007. Grendene partnered with Vivienne Westwood and Zaha Hadid in 2008, as well as the launch of the Zaxy brand.

The company also partners with brands such as Mattel and Cartoon Network