Monday, October 25, 2010

The artisan shoemaker

A couple of years ago i was walking calle Enric Granados in Barcelona when i saw a small inviting shoe shop (un taller in spanish, una bottega in italian) with just one person inside. I popped in, discovered the products, chatted with the lovely owner about my favourite ones, types of leather, finishings. Then i discovered that Norman Vilalta, the artisan, learnt everything in Florence, and that it currently takes more than 200 processes to define and prepare one of his bespoken shoe. Later on i gladly discovered that he is one of the favourite shoemaker for national and international vips and politicians.

http://www.normanvilalta.com/

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