No. 1, the founding edition · The Marble Edit
Medusa
The head of Medusa on the vamp, the serpents running into the heel.
Priced at your fitting
The Marble Edit. One pair, painted once
The head of Medusa, drawn facing forward on the vamp with the serpents of her hair running back along the quarters toward the heel. A small sun sits at the heel counter. Of the five Marble designs it carries the most line, and it is the one that reads from across a room.
Painted freehand in line and shade, in the manner of marble. One pair. Painted once.
One message with your city and we reply with two fitting slots. You hold the shoe before you decide, and nothing is charged online. Painted work is done after your fitting, so the painting is never lost to a remake. Ready 20 to 25 days from the day you order.
The shoe underneath
- Construction
- Hand-welted. The sole is stitched to a welt that is sewn to the insole by hand, eight to ten stitches to the inch, in waxed linen. Not glued, not Blake-stitched. A worn sole is cut off and a new one sewn on.
- Upper
- One panel of full-grain calf from collar to toe, 1.3 to 1.6 mm. No apron seam, no moc stitch, no seam across the top. Tanned in Pakistan.
- Colour
- Pale through the centre, honey at both ends. The toe and the heel are darkened by hand with a cloth, so no two pairs shade the same.
- Waist
- Bevelled under the arch: the sole is cut narrow by hand so the shoe shows a curved line along its side.
- Heel
- 22 mm, stacked from layers of leather and lacquered dark teal, with a dark replaceable top piece.
The other designs
