Santoni shoes: quality, craftsmanship, pursuit of perfection and creativity. These are the elements that, even in the presence of unending stylistic change, have transformed this craft into an art form.
Shapes, structures, processes, techniques that arise not only from the experience and an innate aptitude at elegance, but a true culture of the shoe that began with the male shoe cobbler connoisseur, has been extended to women, children and accessories.
All Santoni shoes go through a manual colouring process, which uses pigments and fixatives of exclusively natural origin and which involve multiple layers of colour. The three-dimensional nuances are the unique and exclusive result achieved by the multilayered hand-painting of the upper. No two uppers are ever completely alike. The differences in uniformity of colour at different points and on different parts of the shoe should not be seen as defects, but as peculiarities and idiosyncrasies of the hand-painting process. To keep your shoes always looking their best and to enhance their appeal over time, we advise you to take care of them by regularly following the normal maintenance instructions.
Manufactured to the BLAKE method
This is the classic standard method of manufacture for high quality footwear. Although this is a working standard, a "blatte" Santoni is recognized for the care of the stitching and the careful selection of the best leathers. The lengthy process ensures comfort and produces perfection in the detailing of the finished product.
The GOODYEAR construction
This classic Santoni product is just further proof of exceptional ability, strenght and precision. Each stitch is sown by hand at just the right angle, following the contour of the last. The result is peerless comfort, durability and sporty elegance thanks to the charactyeristic welt which is double-stitched directly to the last itself.
The BOLOGNA method
This method allows for maximum comfort and requires maximum design involvement. During the manufacturing process the shoe is initially formed to be sewn at a later time: the adherence of the leather and the model must be perfect. After 15 days of shaping, an extremely soft leather insole and leather sole are applied.
The TUBULAR sewn on a former
Flexibility and comfort are the results. Strength, skill, patience are the resources. Selected and very high quality leathers are mounted, hand-drawn and attached to the former. A further 20-days period is necessary for the shaping and finally the stitching: a total of more than 100 hand-stitches per shoe are needed in order to fix the upper sole to the lower sole.
The BENTIVEGNA construction.
Producing a shoe with Bentivegna construction means entering the Olympus of master shoemakers. In fact, every single centimeter of leather is stretched, tacked and sewn by hand on the last, together with a single welt. The welt is also made rigorously by hand since it is bordered asymmetrically along the profile of the insole lining. This technique is rooted in the ancient art of the craft and represents a challenging test of skill that few craftsmen are able to meet. However, the result is a shoe that transcends time, from every point of view.
Shapes, structures, processes, techniques that arise not only from the experience and an innate aptitude at elegance, but a true culture of the shoe that began with the male shoe cobbler connoisseur, has been extended to women, children and accessories.
All Santoni shoes go through a manual colouring process, which uses pigments and fixatives of exclusively natural origin and which involve multiple layers of colour. The three-dimensional nuances are the unique and exclusive result achieved by the multilayered hand-painting of the upper. No two uppers are ever completely alike. The differences in uniformity of colour at different points and on different parts of the shoe should not be seen as defects, but as peculiarities and idiosyncrasies of the hand-painting process. To keep your shoes always looking their best and to enhance their appeal over time, we advise you to take care of them by regularly following the normal maintenance instructions.
Manufactured to the BLAKE method
This is the classic standard method of manufacture for high quality footwear. Although this is a working standard, a "blatte" Santoni is recognized for the care of the stitching and the careful selection of the best leathers. The lengthy process ensures comfort and produces perfection in the detailing of the finished product.
The GOODYEAR construction
This classic Santoni product is just further proof of exceptional ability, strenght and precision. Each stitch is sown by hand at just the right angle, following the contour of the last. The result is peerless comfort, durability and sporty elegance thanks to the charactyeristic welt which is double-stitched directly to the last itself.
The BOLOGNA method
This method allows for maximum comfort and requires maximum design involvement. During the manufacturing process the shoe is initially formed to be sewn at a later time: the adherence of the leather and the model must be perfect. After 15 days of shaping, an extremely soft leather insole and leather sole are applied.
The TUBULAR sewn on a former
Flexibility and comfort are the results. Strength, skill, patience are the resources. Selected and very high quality leathers are mounted, hand-drawn and attached to the former. A further 20-days period is necessary for the shaping and finally the stitching: a total of more than 100 hand-stitches per shoe are needed in order to fix the upper sole to the lower sole.
The BENTIVEGNA construction.
Producing a shoe with Bentivegna construction means entering the Olympus of master shoemakers. In fact, every single centimeter of leather is stretched, tacked and sewn by hand on the last, together with a single welt. The welt is also made rigorously by hand since it is bordered asymmetrically along the profile of the insole lining. This technique is rooted in the ancient art of the craft and represents a challenging test of skill that few craftsmen are able to meet. However, the result is a shoe that transcends time, from every point of view.