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Miserocchi’s Masterpiece
how one man created a driving style totem
Giulio Miserocchi can be credited with creating ‘the driving shoe’.
The Italian cobbler was based in the Piedmontese village of Domodossola – and it was there he would hand-sew what would become the first ever driving moccasin.
This was back in 1942, in the dark depths of WW2 – and it shows remarkable tenacity and crafty vision for Miserocchi to have created the beautiful mocc in soft leather, atop a nubby rubber sole when there was battle raging all around him. This perhaps, shows the attention the Italians gave to such things as driving style.
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The shoe was designed to make it easier on the wearer’s foot as they drove – the soft upper and loose stitching intended to help the shoe shape to your foot while the texturised bottoms helped with grip.
Miserocchi’s driving loafers of course became a critical part of the classic Italian look – and Miserocchi’s sons have continued plying the craft.
The company still hand makes every pair in Domodossola today.
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