NORMAN VILALTA

"I make shoes because of beauty"

The history of your maison. When was it born? Which are the most significant steps you made in the evolution of the tecnique and in your production? My decision to become a shoemaker was made in a second. It was the answer to a question I was searching for many years, the search of beauty. I make shoes because of beauty. I was a lawyer. When I was 31 I had to make a choice between applying for a Master in Law degree or a shoemaker´s apprenticeship in Firenze. I had no doubt. After a period of learning with Saskia Wittmer and Stefano Bemer I moved to Barcelona to open my Maison. Barcelona has a really old tradition in shoemaking guild of craft ("Crofradia de Maestros Zapateros de San Marcos”…

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Bespoke the chic and the cool (Digital) - 1 Issue, No. 11

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