Four layers: upper, lining, insole, outsole. We tell you where each one comes from.
Vegetable tanning doesn’t cover natural marks with dye.
Pores and fine lines are not flaws; they are the leather itself.
The leather darkens, softens and takes the shape of your child’s step.
Tap a layer to see what it is and why we chose it.
Vegetable-tanned calf leather, 1.2 mm. Tanning: vegetable (chestnut and mimosa tannins). It wraps the top of the foot and holds it without squeezing.
Chrome-free, breathable goatskin lining. The side that touches the skin; it absorbs sweat and lets the foot breathe.
Removable, flat leather insole; no arch support, by design. Because it is flat, it lets the foot build its own arch.
Natural rubber (Hevea), stitched, 3 mm. Bends far enough in your hand for the toe to touch the heel. A fine wave tread that reduces slipping on wooden floors and rugs.
Most leather is tanned with chrome in a few days. Ours is tanned with chestnut and mimosa tannins, over several weeks.
Fiocco and Neve use chrome-free LWG tanning; Ninna has no leather, it is wool felt.
Vegetable tanning can’t give Fiocco’s patent finish or Neve’s water-repellent suede the same result, so for these two models we use the chrome-free, metal-free tanning of LWG-certified tanneries. Ninna has no leather: it is 100% wool felt from the Sibillini mountains. The table below and the product pages show which method each model uses.
An international organisation that audits tanneries on water, chemicals and traceability. Our tanneries:
Santa Croce sull’Arno, Tuscany
Salvia, Passerotto, Giardino, Trifoglio, Olivo, Rondine, Pedale
Ponte a Egola, Tuscany
Nuvola, Neve, Prima
Amandola, Marche
Ninna
Fermo, Marche
Fiocco, Cavallino, Bosco
Babies’ feet sweat a lot; our linings breathe.
Chrome-free goatskin, OEKO-TEX certified cotton-linen fabric (Filatura della Valle, Biella) or, in winter boots, natural sheepskin. Our first-steps soft shoes have no lining at all; the inside of the leather is sanded smooth and no seam is left inside.
1.5–5 mm of natural rubber, stitched to the upper. A thin sole lets the foot feel the ground.
Our outsoles are made from natural rubber (Hevea) at the Suolificio Adriatico workshop, 8 km from Monte Urano. Crawling and first-steps models have suede leather soles.
Work to trace where the rubber comes from is under way; we will share the results in the annual report.
The upper, lining and sole of every model.
| Model | Upper | LWG | Lining | Sole | Thickness | Flex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SalviaFirst Steps | Vegetable-tanned calf leather | Gold | Chrome-free, breathable goatskin lining | Natural rubber (Hevea), stitched | 3 mm | very high |
| NuvolaFirst Steps | One-piece lamb nappa leather | Silver | Unlined; the inside of the leather is buffed soft | Suede leather | 1.5 mm | very high |
| PasserottoFirst Steps | Vegetable-tanned calf leather | Gold | Goatskin lining | Natural rubber, stitched | 3.5 mm | very high |
| NinnaFirst Steps | 100% wool felt, 3 mm | — | Unlined | Suede leather | 2 mm | very high |
| GiardinoEarly Walker | Vegetable-tanned calf leather with cotton canvas panels | Gold | Goatskin lining | Natural rubber, curving up over the toe | 4 mm | high |
| FioccoEarly Walker | Patent-finished calf leather | Gold | Goatskin lining | Natural rubber, stitched | 3.5 mm | high |
| NeveEarly Walker | Calf suede with a water-repellent treatment | Silver | Natural sheepskin (merino) | Natural rubber with deep lugs | 5 mm | medium |
| TrifoglioEarly Walker | Vegetable-tanned calf leather | Gold | Unlined inside, with a leather footbed | Natural rubber | 4 mm | high |
| OlivoEarly Walker | Vegetable-tanned calf leather | Gold | Goatskin lining | Natural rubber, curving up over the toe | 4 mm | high |
| RondineExplorer | Vegetable-tanned leather and recycled polyester mesh | Gold | Cotton-linen blend lining | Natural rubber and 30% recycled rubber | 4.5 mm | high |
| PrimaExplorer | Lamb nappa leather | Silver | Cotton lining | Split suede sole | 2 mm | very high |
| CavallinoExplorer | Oiled (pull-up) calf leather | Gold | Goatskin lining | Natural rubber with a 1 cm heel | 5 mm | medium |
| PedaleExplorer | Vegetable-tanned calf leather, double layer at the toe | Gold | Cotton-linen blend lining | Natural rubber | 5 mm | high |
| BoscoExplorer | Oiled (pull-up) calf leather | Gold | Goatskin lining | Natural rubber, lugged | 5 mm | medium |
Showing 14 models.
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