Before a shoe exists, there is a last. A form shaped precisely to a foot’s geometry — the curve of the arch, the breadth of the forefoot, the angle of the heel seat.
Pattern-making is still done by hand at our atelier. Each upper is a puzzle of pieces that must align to tolerances measured in millimetres.
Finishing is where personality enters. These are the details that cannot be photographed. They are felt, after an eight-hour day, in the remarkable absence of discomfort.