Our family has made shoes in Inca, Mallorca, since 1866 — six generations of the same trade. A bespoke pair begins with a last cut for one pair of feet and no one else’s.
We scan your feet in thirty minutes: millions of measurement points, where a tape gives twenty. Our artisans in Inca cut a last for each foot and adapt the pattern to it. From there the pair is made as all our shoes are made — by hand, Goodyear welted, over more than 190 steps.
This October we bring it to the United States. Three cities, a few days in each.
New York · Monday 19 to Wednesday 21 October
Carmina Shoemaker, 45 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017
Chicago · Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October
Horween Leather Company, 2015 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Two days inside Horween, the tannery that has been tanning leather in Chicago since 1905 and where our shell cordovan comes from. Few places let you have your feet measured a few steps from the hides your own pair will be cut from.
San Francisco · Sunday 25 to Tuesday 27 October
Carmina Shoemaker, 54 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Bespoke shoes from $1,750. Each appointment lasts thirty minutes and places are limited.