Berluti bespoke - any experience

[FlithyButler]

All of that time, effort, and money for... PURPLE shoes??

Sad.

 

[Texasmade]

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Very nice. Love the purple color.

 

[FlithyButler]

In this instance, a colour as appropriately try-hard as the bombastic provenance & price.

 

[bengal-stripe]

Is this the same job that was measured on March 25th? To complete an order for a bespoke pair of shoes in just four month must be a world record.

And a lovely pair they turned out to be.

 

[shirtingfantasy]

In this instance, a colour as appropriately try-hard as the bombastic provenance & price.

Shoes are in “grey flannel” as they call it. The photos have inaccurate colour.

 

[shirtingfantasy]

Is this the same job that was measured on March 25th? To complete an order for a bespoke pair of shoes in just four month must be a world record.

And a lovely pair they turned out to be.

It’s not my friend’s pair. 🤓

 

[shirtingfantasy]

 

[FlithyButler]

Shoes are in “grey flannel” as they call it. The photos have inaccurate colour.

Ah, the purple trees must be the cause.

Grey, especially this kind of shade, for leather shoes is really cool AF and so underutlised (not to mention ultra-versatile, given the tone).

This in-wear photo looks absolutely amazing.

Are these explicitly Delos-made? If so that makes sense

Congratulations.

 

[shirtingfantasy]

A fellow master craftsman, who has been working with Maestro Anthony Delos for over a decade…

The initials should ring a bell 🔔

 

[shirtingfantasy]

Posting friend’s pair - in progress

 

[shirtingfantasy]

Finished pair / delivery.

Not this is purple 😝

 

[Son Of Saphir]

What is this Gruben oak bark soles they use?
How does it compare to Bakers or Martin tanned leather?
How popular is this Gruben tannery?

 

[bengal-stripe]

What is this Gruben oak bark soles they use?
How does it compare to Bakers or Martin tanned leather?
How popular is this Gruben tannery?

It's one of three logos Gerberei Martin in Tuttlingen/Germany uses. Whether the choice of one or the other logo indicates different quality levels, I wouldn't know.

Report - Gerberei Martin, traditional oak bark sole leather tannery - Shoegazing.com

Gerberei Martin is perhaps the oldest still existing tannery in the world, founded in 1645, and run by the same family ever since. They make the most

shoegazing.com

I'm surprised Berluti uses a non-French tannery, they did work (like virtually all the top French houses) with Garat & Fils.

Garat & fils, Leather Tannery, France

www.tannerie-garat.com

BTW "Gruben" in German means pit (plural). It's not the name of any particular tannery but it indicates the production method they use.

 

[j ingevaldsson]

Here's a report on Berluti's bespoke I wrote a few years ago, most highly valid still. I also did a podcast episode with Jean-Michel Casalonga where we went even more in-depth in some topics.