I have been following Sartoria Tofani on Instagram for years. I just came across it and became so addicted to its floaty style.
It is a wonderful experience that I have an interview with the founder and the master, Davide Tofani.
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写了这么多意大利名店，我有衣服上身试过的，其实很少，比如我没有穿过Gaetono Aloisio的衣服，也没有穿过Panico的衣服，但是我穿过Paone的，Seminara的，还有Pirozzi的。
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Sartoria Ciardi是那不勒斯最顶级的定制店。我介绍了这么多意大利名店，也承认Panico，Rubinacci，Pirrozi，Solito都是那不勒斯最有实力，最被人追捧等等的店铺，但是Ciardi如果认第二，除了Rubinacci由于历史悠久，敢说自己第一，其他的可能都不敢！
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佛罗伦萨最好的定制店之一，但是，裁缝本人是日本人。日本人在意大利的裁缝店中工作的不在少数，但是绝大部分都会学成归国，在日本开出自己的店铺，但是宮平康太郎却坚定不移地选择了在意大利开出自己的店铺，他说这种感觉就像一个欧洲人在日本开了一家和服店。
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A typical Italian family business founded in 1963. All family members are working in the factory. Located in Bologna, constructions are Blake, Goodyear and Norwegese.
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Have you ever worn dress shoes which hurt your screw bones?
I have many times wearing barefoot and bleeding directly. Even if I wear socks for about half a day, my screw bones will pain. After a whole day, I can only say that I am very sorry!
I concluded that Italian shoes are the worst. Because when I wear British shoes, there is no such problem, and there is no such problem when I wear Chinese shoes.
Then when I went to see Italian shoes, I found that Loafer is more likely to have such problems than lace-up shoes.
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In the leather shoes industry in recent 20 years, there are some famous Italian shoemakers. In my humble opinion, I think there are three, Stefano Bemer, Roberto Ugolini and Riccardo Bestetti. Although Silvano Lattanzi and Paolo Scafora are equally prominent as brands, they are not talked about as shoemakers alone.
Two of these three masters died young. Today, let’s take a look at Riccardo Bestetti’s experience.
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The most important reason why this Italian brand can be known is that it made private label for Berluti.
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Italian tannery Macchi & Salvadori focuses on veg-tanned leather.
Leather handcrafting enthusiasts love vegetable tanned leather. When come to dress shoes, vegetable tanned leather is generally used as middle sole, outsole and welt.
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