Our sustainability
it's the quality

Leather: a sustainable resource

We choose animal skin first of all because it gives value to a material that the food supply chain leaves behind. The leathers we use come from that supply chain: a by-product which, without recovery, would risk becoming waste to be disposed of. Tanning transforms it into a resistant, versatile material capable of accompanying us for years. For us, sustainability also begins here: making good use of what already exists.

Then there are the qualities you feel in your feet. Good leather combines breathability, ability to absorb moisture, flexibility and resistance to tears and continuous folds along the way.

This is why the word "vegan", alone, is not enough for us to talk about ecology. Many alternatives to leather contain polyurethane or PVC, i.e. plastic materials; even some materials of plant origin contain synthetic coatings and components. A green name doesn't tell you how long a shoe will last, or what you can do when it gets ruined.

Quality leather, on the other hand, offers concrete possibilities for maintenance and repair: it can be cleaned, nourished, revived in color and, where damage allows, stitched or reinforced. If the shoe is built to be resoled, we can change the sole and keep the upper. A flaking synthetic coating is often much more difficult to recover in a lasting way.

Crockett & Jones con suola rotta prima della risuolatura Ciccone

Repair again: like our grandparents did

Our grandparents bought a good pair of shoes, took care of them and changed the sole when needed. Let's go back to that good habit, with today's skills and tools.

We have become accustomed to buying, throwing away and buying again. But is a shoe that costs little and lasts a few months really a saving? Each new pair requires other resources and the one thrown away becomes waste.

A well-made shoe can cost more at the beginning and less over time. The price is distributed over the seasons in which you wear it, while quality materials, breathable linings and a fit cared for contribute to daily comfort. And when something wears out, being able to repair it allows you to preserve everything else.

This is our philosophy Slow Foot: choose well, use for a long time, come back for repairs. Shoes have to go the way. Even after the first sole.

Lavorazione Blake su scarpa Ciccone realizzata a Montegranaro

Well made in Italy

Few frills. Shoes made well, by people put in the conditions to work well. We produce in Italy: quality materials, accurate workmanship, regular work and safe environments, where respect and relationships between people also count.

The price of our shoes and our repairs includes all of this. There is the time needed to do a job, the years needed to learn it and the attention to detail, even those that cannot be seen.

You can read the price on the price tag. You understand the value by knowing what's behind it. Knowing the materials, how a product is made and whether you can repair it allows you to make informed choices.

We have the task of making our work recognisable. The choice of what you want to wear on your feet is yours.

REPAIR is SUSTAINABLE

MAKING THINGS WELL IS SUSTAINABLE

LEATHER IS SUSTAINABLE

Maestri Ciccone · Filosofia Slow Foot

Scegliere bene.
Sapere cosa c’è dietro.

Dentro una scarpa ci sono materiali, risorse e il lavoro di chi la realizza. Conoscere da dove viene, come è costruita e se potrai ripararla ti aiuta a capire il suo valore. E a scegliere quello che conta per te.

01 / Da dove viene

>99%

della pelle prodotta nel mondo

Il valore comincia dalla materia.

Secondo Leather UK, oltre il 99% della pelle prodotta nel mondo proviene da animali allevati per la carne. La concia valorizza questo sottoprodotto della filiera alimentare, trasformandolo in un materiale durevole. È da qui che parte la nostra scelta della pelle.

Fonte: Leather UK, associazione britannica dell'industria della pelle

02 / Cosa richiede

CO₂

anidride carbonica

La durata fa parte della scelta.

Lavorare i materiali, costruire e trasportare le scarpe richiede energia e genera emissioni. Usare più a lungo un paio, anche grazie alle riparazioni, permette di rimandarne la sostituzione e ridurre il bisogno di nuove risorse. Conta anche quanta strada potrai farci.

Fonte: ADEME, agenzia pubblica francese per la transizione ecologica.

03 / Come continua

Più vita

alla scarpa che hai già

La qualità si riconosce anche dopo.

Una scarpa costruita per essere riparata offre una possibilità in più: sostituire le parti consumate e conservare quelle ancora buone. Una nuova suola può dare altro tempo alla pelle, alle cuciture e al lavoro che hai già scelto e pagato.

Fonte: ADEME, agenzia pubblica francese per la transizione ecologica.

Conoscere le possibilità. Scegliere come continuare.

Una suola, una cucitura, una fodera: capire cosa si può recuperare è il primo passo. Valutiamo le tue scarpe e le tue borse e ti spieghiamo quale intervento possiamo fare. A te la scelta di dar loro altra strada.

Hai qualcosa da riparare?

He who works with his hands is a worker. Anyone who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. Anyone who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.

St. Francis of Assisi

Details make perfection and perfection is not a detail.

Leonardo Da Vinci

It's the time you lost for your rose that made your rose so important.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: