How Did A Pair Of Italy Hand-Made Leather Shoes Come Into Being?

At Bontoni, Franco Gazzani (right) and father Manfredo are looking at the new ones.

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Recently, the Italy family run a small business.

To expand the scope of business, from traditional shoemaking to beginning to consider the use of new materials and fashionable footwear, such as sports shoes and leisure desert boots.

Piles of leather soles are waiting to be sewn.

Drawing and coloring is one of the most difficult tasks for shoemaker. It takes several weeks for color, gloss and wax layering.

A shoemaker's workroom, shoes and leather sewed here and polished.

The iconic nature of Bontoni

One is to adjust the number of needles to get different thickness.

The shoemaker uses a large beeswax to rub the thread, so that they can synthesize a long line.

Bontoni shoemaker heating up on the flame

And then beat the leather like a hammer, so that the shoe can assume an ideal shape.

Almost all shoes made here are white at the beginning.

They are hand sewn by shoemaker and spend several weeks to paint.