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Italian Shoes, Well-Aged

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Aged wine, aged whisky, how about aged shoes? The latest idea from Italian shoemaker Silvano Lattanzi involves a rather unique technique for aging leather. Lattanzi buried some of his handmade shoes in an aging pit for four years. He calls them "Scarpe di Fossa, or "entombed shoes." Lattanzi says" "As wine and cheese age to reach perfection, these shoes become more precious through this natural, unpredictable aging process. They attain a one-of-a-kind vintage effect." The price for entombed shoes starts at $12,000.

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Silvano Lattanzi Loafers

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Women are said to be shoe-crazy but certainly some men have a weakness for fine footwear. How else to explain the existence of the $18,000 lizard leather loafers shown above. They are from Silvano Lattanzi who makes shoes from hand using the finest leathers and finished with Silvano's unique nailed signature on the sole of the shoes. His shoes have found favor with men and women including around the world from Gloria Vanderbilt to Arnold Schwarzenegger and maybe even a certain resident of Vatican City. The luxury shoes take more than 30 man hours to create. It's not easy for the customer either, those purchasing will be presented with a number of decisions including more than 400 leathers to choose from as well as linings, number of eyelets, style of the heel and the type of stitching. But these are shoes that can last for decades so a moment of care now can lead to a lifetime of comfort.

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