A box that stays, a shoe that comes back.
The most sustainable shoe is one that is worn until the foot outgrows it, then passed on to another child.
Five habits, one cycle
A pair’s journey comes full circle.
Designed to be worn for a long time
Every size has 1.2 cm of growing room: not for one season, but until the foot outgrows it.
How they’re madeMade from audited materials
Leather vegetable-tanned in LWG-certified tanneries, natural rubber soles, OEKO-TEX linings.
MaterialsThe box isn’t thrown away
It becomes a play mat, a foot measurer, a train carriage.
The story of the boxWorn to the end, in the right size
A shoe left unworn because it is the wrong size is the biggest waste.
Size FinderComes back when outgrown
A pair that keeps its shape goes on to a new child; a worn one is recycled, from sole to leather.
Take Back programme
What we can’t do yet
We are just as open about what is still missing.
We haven’t measured our carbon footprint yet
It will be in the first annual report, with the method. We don’t publish a figure we haven’t measured.
The rubber isn’t fully traceable yet
Work to trace which plantation it comes from is under way.
We ship from Italy to Turkey
In bulk shipments, not by air. The cost of this journey will be in the report.
We can’t take back other brands
For now, only Ottavino. We are looking for a partner to recycle them.
Transparency page: the price broken down and the five supply stops