"The tools and processes of shoemaking in all countries and ages prior to 1830 were few and easily mastered [...]
there have been: 2 parts to a shoe: an upper and a sole; 4 processes in making a shoe: cutting, fitting, lasting, bottoming;
8 tools necessary for making a shoe: Knife, awl, needle, pincers, last, hammer, lapstone, and stirrup. [...]
In a modern shoe factory, there are one hundred separate operations performed in making one shoe."
(Blanche Evans Hazard, 1921)
Since XV century, the welt ennobles and refines shoes.
It is a streep of smooth leather, sewed to the lip of leather insole structure, fixing together upper and lining too. The final outcome is simply perfect
Marcassoli Welt-factory, historical all-Italian company, founded in 1960 years, keeps alive the true tradition of Made in Vigevano shoes.
From generations, we produce welt for every kind of footwears: a proposal of more than three thousand articles, that are renewed every day to meet customers' requirements.
From the classic man-shoe, to the elegant sandal, from combact boots to the new testing for sneakers....
4 Step for an exclusive product
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Analysis of customer requirements
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Luxury sector trend analysis
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Prototyping
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Production of an unique product