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Italian shoemaker
Bontoni
Company typePrivate (Three Generations)
IndustryMen's Shoes
HeadquartersSant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy
ProductsShoes and Belts
Servicesbespoke and ready-to-wear
Websitewww.bontoni.com

Bontoni is a luxury Italian shoemaker that makes handmade men's dress shoes. Bontoni's nine-person workshop is located on the outskirts of Montegranaro in the Marche Region of Italy.

Background

Bontoni is a third-generation luxury Italian shoemaker that manufactures handmade men's shoes. Bontoni was founded in 2004 by Franco Gazzani (third-generation family shoemaker) and his distant cousin Lewis Cutillo. Prior to 2004, Gazzani's grandfather, uncle, and father made custom shoes for a limited number of clients under no label. Many of the models carried by the brand were originally created by Gazzani's father and grandfather. The name Bontoni originated from the French bon ton, which means sophisticated manner.

Bontoni's nine artisans produce just 2600 pairs a year. From start to finish, each pair of Bontoni shoes takes about 14 weeks to complete and nearly 26 working hours. Bontoni's Casa e Bottega, or home-based workshop, is located in Gazzani's basement in The Marches Region of Italy. It represents Bontoni one of the last remaining established, in-home family-owned artisanal workshops in all of Italy.

Overview

Bontoni employs hand-colored leathers, original designs, and hand workmanship. Bontoni's bespoke, or su misura offering requires 2-3 separate fittings and can take 7–10 months to complete. Bontoni's ready-made collection is available at a small number of retailers throughout the world that include Bergdorf Goodman, Harrods, Wilkes Bashford, Beymen, Richard's, Mario's, Boyds, Stanley Korshak, Harry Rosen, as well as several others.

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References

  1. Ivan Carvalho, Sure footed, Monocle Magazine, March 2008
  2. Ana Finel Honigman, Fancy Footwork | Bontoni Bespoke Shoes, Nytimes.com, 2 September 2009
  3. Lauren Sherman, How--And How Not--To Sell Luxury, Forbes.com, 16 April 2009
  4. ^ GianCarla Espinosa-Aritao, These shoes have soles with your name on it, Abs-sbn.com, 21 February 2019
  5. ^ Rocky Casale, New York Times: Inside Bontoni's Basement of Cobblers, Nytimes.com, 28 April 2015
  6. Erin Skrypek, What to wear when price is no object, Boston.com, 24 January 2008
  7. Casale, Rocky (2010-09-10). "Side Order: In the Italian town of Montegranaro, works of art handmade for your feet". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-10-13.

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