Animal printed velvet woman slippers

Animal printed velvet woman slippers

Animal printed velvet woman slippers, black fabric hems with anti-slip rubber sole. The item is made up of first quality material; the black velvet comes from recycling material while internal shoe has a black cotton lining. Sole and upper shoe are carefully selected and cut. Rubber sole with visible stitching.

These Animal printed velvet woman slippers are an exclusive limited edition accessory.

These pair of slippers are also called Veneziane, Friulane or Scarpets, because it comes from our local Friulian traditions.

Please contact our Customer care La Cort for any question. Sizes: from 36 to 41, European sizes.

Possible imperfections or minor differences of the product compared to the photo indicate the high craftsmanship of a handmade product.

PRODUCTION

Nowadays there are only few artisans specialized in making slippers, here called scarpets or friulane, because a typical product of this Region. The production, both in the classic velvet style and in the more actual coloured models, is characterized from a handcrafted manufacture and high quality materials. Main characteristic of friulane or furlane is a special production that require a difficult and precise needlecraft, the same of the original tradition, to bound the sole to the upper shoe. The result of this manual technique is a pair of shoes, unique, comfortable and flexible.

HISTORY

Until mid of XX century, scarpets have been the typical shoes of the mountain region of Friuli, Carnia. The original product is a plat shoe, with no heel, made of velvet or fabric and a sole realized with a lot of fabric layers, seemed together with twine. All family was involved in this manual manufacturing and used this special shoes. Depending on place and of the historical time, some characteristics changed, like tip size and shape.

In the past, during summer, women are used to move to Venice for selling their creations: this is why this typical shoes arrived in Venetian area and became the famous shoe used from gondoliers and called veneziane, papusse and others names. Usually this shoes are more weak than the furlane.