Founding SeriesSalvia — First-steps shoe
Price: ₺4,290
First Moments
Shoes for life’s first moments, each with a story.
First step
9–18 months
Three steps from the sofa into your arms. Then Salvia for the park the next day: thin, flexible, a second skin.
Read the story
One morning in the kitchen, you put down your coffee and crouch on the floor. Your child lets go of the edge of the sofa and takes three steps into your arms. Then sits down, and laughs.
For those three steps, the right shoe is usually no shoe at all. But the next day, when you head to the park, on the pavement, the grass, the cold stones: that is when Salvia comes in. Thin, flexible, a second skin that lets the foot feel the ground.
In the box: A keepsake tag for the date of the first step, and a first footprint to trace on the lid of the box.
Shoes for this moment
Founding Series
Passerotto — First lace-up boot
Price: ₺3,890
First ballet class
3–6 years
The first circle in front of the mirror. Prima follows the foot rather than fighting it.
Read the story
A small queue at the studio door. A few children are clinging to their mothers’ legs; a few are already twirling in front of the mirror. The teacher calls everyone into a circle.
Prima was made for that first class: soft, with a split sole and the elastic already sewn on. As your child points their toes, the shoe follows the foot rather than fighting it. When class is over it goes into its cloth bag to wait for next Tuesday.
In the box: A card for the date of the first class and the teacher’s name, and the shoes’ cloth bag.
The shoe for this moment
Prima — Ballet shoe
Price: ₺2,890
First pony ride
4–6 years
The pony is called Pepe. Cavallino’s heel is there only for the stirrup.
Read the story
The pony is called Pepe. First your child strokes his nose, then climbs onto his back with the instructor’s help. Feet in the stirrups, hands in the mane.
Cavallino is the only model in our collection with a heel, and we say so plainly: the heel is there to stop the foot slipping through the stirrup. The forefoot is still flexible, for running round the stables once they’re off the pony.
In the box: A card for the pony’s name and the date of the first ride.
The shoe for this moment
Cavallino — Riding boot
Price: ₺5,690
First bike
3–6 years
By the time they say “don’t let go!”, you already have. Pedale’s toe is a double layer of leather.
Read the story
First the balance bike, feet scuffing along the ground. Then one day, pedals. You hold the back of the saddle; “don’t let go!” they say, and you already have.
Pedale is the shoe for those days. The toe is reinforced with a double layer of leather, because the brakes are often the feet. No laces, so nothing catches in the chain. The middle of the sole grips the pedal and the front flexes.
In the box: A card for where and when they first pedalled, and the balance-course pieces from the Percorso box.
The shoe for this moment
Pedale — Cycling sneaker
Price: ₺4,890
First snow
1–6 years
The garden is white this morning. Neve is lined with sheepskin; water-repellent, but not waterproof.
Read the story
It snowed in the night. You open the curtains in the morning and the garden is white. Your child, nose pressed to the glass, is calling you to get them dressed.
Neve is for that morning. Sheepskin inside, water-repellent suede outside, a sole with deep lugs that still flexes. One word of warning: it is not waterproof. It is enough for building a snowman; for hours of sledging you may need a separate snow boot.
In the box: A card for the date of the first snow, and a “First snow” sticker for the Passaporto box.
The shoe for this moment
NewNeve — Snow boot
Price: ₺5,290