Footwear designer and Camuto Group CEO Vincent Camuto owns this house. The Camuto Group is a fashion company. Camuto co-founded the fashion/footwear giant Nine West in 1978. Nine West opened its first store in 1983 in Stamford. The company presently has 800 stores in more than 50 countries. Camuto sold his interest in Nine West prior to founding the Camuto Group in 2001.