The Best Leather In The World

　　 For many people in the world, shoes It's just clothes Accessories However, for famous shoe manufacturers such as Italy and France, shoes are works of art, and each pair of shoes has become exquisite works of art in the manual production of craftsmen in past dynasties. A pair of shoes is processed through more than 200 processes, all of which are handmade; Before processing a pair of shoes, dozens of shoe lasts should be made to ensure that people with different walking habits and different body types can enjoy the comfort and elegance brought by shoes.

　 200 pairs of shoes working procedure

The manual shoemaking process in Italy and France is extremely complex, which generally requires more than 100 processes in a few months, and at most 200 processes in a year to produce a pair of high-quality leather shoes. The process is divided into many stages. Professional shoemakers are required to supervise the whole process. These professionals must have received internal training and be familiar with the principles and secrets of shoemaking from generation to generation. As the founder of Ferragamo Salvatore Ferragamo said, it is these methods that make it possible to walk happily and elegantly.

Before making shoes, creation and designers are indispensable. Designers will make many different drawings and decide whether to make a relatively classic style or a more fashionable style. The next step is to make prototypes. Shoes are designed based on drawings. On prototypes, designers will use pens to draw different styles. According to different shoe types, craftsmen began to make shoe lasts.

With the extraordinary design and various shoe lasts, it is the choice of materials. The leather selection of the upper is very particular. Generally, only 3% of a piece of leather can be used on the upper. Before cutting the leather, first use professional equipment to project the whole leather, and then cut the best part of the whole leather.

The shoe last has been processed in advance by workers. The processing process of the shoe last will determine the shape of each piece of leather and how they will be sewn. Workers will assemble each small part of the prepared upper on the shoe last and then fix it on the shoe last.

The sewing process is completely different depending on whether the shoes can be changed. If you want to process a pair of leather shoes that can change the soles, you need to add an extension strip made of epithelium between the soles and uppers. First, you need to sew the uppers with the extension strips, and then you need to sew the soles with the extension strips, so that the uppers will not be damaged when changing the soles. If you are producing leather shoes that cannot be replaced, you can directly sew the soles and vamps together without lengthening.

The heel color supplement and sole polishing should go through more than ten processes. First, fill the primary color leather of the heel into black, then polish the sole, and print LOGO, size, width and other data on the sole.

The shoe lining is also very particular. The heel position of the shoe should be added with two pieces of stickers that are more comfortable and shock resistant, and the sheepskin lining should be added. The heel is made of a lot of calfskin. The processed heel is first glued to the sole, and then a circle of about seven or eight small nails are nailed at the heel to fix it.

Although it has gone through more than 100 or even 200 processes, the craftsmen will also carry out strict inspection on the newly made shoes, such as how the shoes are shaped, whether there are slip marks, etc.

　　 Dozens of shoe lasts for one pair of shoes

Italian and French famous shoes attach great importance to important links such as shoe model structure (shoe last) in the manufacturing process, which is the guarantee of excellent quality of their products. Most importantly, these famous shoe manufacturers design according to different human characteristics and walking habits, combined with human mechanics, and each shoe type has dozens of sizes to choose from. Mr. Salvatore Ferragamo discovered the secret of making shoes more comfortable. When he studied ergonomics in the United States, he made the initial discovery that the key to whether shoes fit is the distribution of human weight. He said that when a person stands, the weight falls on a straight line extending from the arch of the foot. Therefore, he designed a new type of shoe that can support the arch of the foot, making the foot like a pendulum hanging upside down.

And J M. For Weston shoes, there are about 30-70 shoe lasts in the basic models, and the sizes of each pair of shoes vary from 37 to 46, and each size of shoes has 3-7 shoe widths, so J M. Weston shoes generally have dozens of shoe models. No matter what foot type and walking habits, you can find suitable shoes in Weston.

　 Insist on handcrafting

Until now, famous shoe manufacturers in Italy and France have basically insisted on making shoes by hand. This is also one of the important reasons why Italian and French famous shoes are in a leading position in the international market. No matter from skin cutting, punching or sewing, shoemakers have passed on from generation to generation, and they dare not slack off. J. M. Weston craftsman participated in every detail of shoe making in the whole process. In order to ensure the quality, Weston's operations are almost all completed by hand, such as punching. Weston requires craftsmen to manually complete the work with a specific type of punching machine, but these punching machines are too old to be produced with new equipment, so Weston purchased all the second-hand equipment that can be found to ensure the perfection of manual punching.

Ferragamo's handcrafting process means technology and precision, and the manual trimming process of only one pair of shoes will take several hours. The key process in this shoe making process is the selection of internal and external materials. The internal and external materials must be the highest quality natural materials, and their plasticity can be improved through processing, so as to fit the foot shape and shape the shoe shape at the first time of wearing.

The cultivation and respect for traditional handicrafts and the absolute quality make it take at least a few months, or even more than a year, to produce a pair of excellent Italian and French famous shoes, and the basic price of these shoes is more than 500 euros.

　　 The best leather in the world

The famous shoes in Italy and France use the best leather in the world. Since its establishment in 1891, J.M. Weston has owned its own workshop and dedicated leather factory to produce leather shoes and accessories. J. M. Weston's dedicated leather factory and workshop is known as the last tanning workshop in Europe. The leather used for the soles of Weston shoes is all from the tanning factory in Nobura, Limousin, France. The factory is one of the few leather factories in the world that retains the traditional natural materials (oak and chestnut) for tanning.

It takes nearly a year to obtain strong and comfortable sole leather by tanning with natural materials. In J M. You can choose any leather in the Weston store. There are more than 150 kinds of the best leather in the world for you to choose from, including crocodile leather, lizard leather, ostrich leather and antelope leather, all in different colors. Customers can choose rare leather or match different materials and colors.