We Italians are famous around the world for our handmade products and, among all of them, the shoes are our real flagship. A nice pair of handmade shoes, better still: tailored, should always be present in our closet. They are not the cheapest shoe there is (although price can vary wildly), but they are surely worth your money, for the reasons we describe below.
1) You can choose shape and materials.
It’s true that shops are overflowing with shoes. The beauty of ordering a handmade pair is that you can carefully choose the model you like the most and, maybe (if you’re cable of it) you can design it yourself, choosing your preferred materials amongst leather, fabric or something else. In practice, for once, you can indulge in the luxury of wearing shoes that are exactly like you, in all respects!
2) They will adapt perfectly to your foot.
The word says it all: “tailored” means that the shoes will be made to perfectly match the shape of your feet, so that you will not have to stick to shapes and sizes that “kind of” fit you. The shoes will be almost literally sown on your feet, like a haute couture creation.
On top of that, if we consider that our feet are never identical to one another, getting tailor-made shoes can solve many comfort problems!
3) They are high-quality.
Choosing handmade shoes means opting for a product that is not from an assembly line, but elaborated with care by skilled craftsmen using top quality materials and crafting them with extreme precision, with an almost maniacal attention to detail, something not possible with an industrial process.
4) They are “unique pieces”.
Buying tailor-made shoes made by artisans means wearing unique models, always different from the others. Try examining two handmade shoes of the same model: they will never be equal, they will be differ in many small details, colour tones, stitching, buttonholes, since they are not the result not of an assembly line, but the work of artisans who have dedicated time and effort.
5) They last in time.
Let us speak clearly: tailor-made shoes are more expensive (it couldn’t be otherwise), but, in this case, the old saying applies: “who spends more, spends less“, meaning that, by spending more on quality, resistant materials, treated with care, you will not end up spending more on additional costs that may arise from poor materials. As regards leather shoes, we can even say that they improve over time, acquiring that “vintage look” that makes them even more interesting.
Bags & Fruits: where everything is handmade!
Our store in Via dei Giubbonari 106 has become a point of reference for all those residents and tourists who appreciate handmade Italian products. We have always sold handmade bags, accessories and shoes made in Italy.
If you wish so, you also have the possibility of ordering customised, tailor-made shoes created by expert artisans who, for years, have dedicated themselves to exporting the made in Italy around the world.
Come and pay us a visit. We are in Via dei Giubbonari 106, a stone’s throw away from Campo de ‘Fiori, open every day from 10:00 to 20:00 (Sundays from 11:30 onwards). We promise you will not regret it.
To be able to meet even better the needs of our customers, we have opened our Virtual Shop, thanks to which you will be able to nearly physically visit our store in Via dei Giubbonari and chat in real time with you personal shopper: he will advise you for the best, spending whatever you wish at your home!