B E R LU T I

Making a bespoke pair of shoes is like a voyage, a long expedition with twists and turns, encounters It s anything but lonely. JEAN-MICHEL CASALONGA Master shoemaker

From Berluti s workshop just off the Champs-Élysées in Paris, Jean-Michel Casalonga waxes lyrical about the key stages involved in crafting a pair of bespoke shoes, about the unusual people he s met He describes his profession as a revelation.

D I O R

I give the fabric a soul. ISABELLE ANDRÉ Dressmaker

On the fifth floor of the Christian Dior Couture workshop, amid rolls of fabric and dressmakers mannequins, Isabelle André brings Christian Dior dresses to life. She has cultivated her expertise from a very young age and takes almost childish delight in narrating her own fairy-tale career.

T H É L I O S

We re creators of eyewear we take the concept and bring it to tangible fruition. DANIEL TOMASIN Prototype Laboratory Manager at Thélios

Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Dolomites, Thélios Prototype Laboratory Manager Daniel Tomasin, tells us how lucky he is, lucky to have started from scratch. As a child, he wasn t very fond of school; as an adult, he describes his life as a quest for creation and novelty.

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