Velvet Venetian Slippers Red Men LOVE a technique she learned from

a technique she learned from her grandmother as a little girl

This item is hand-beaded and made in London

Made in OEKO-Tex Certified silk crepe de chine in the Ammonite Bloom print

Made in organic cotton in the Yellow Mushroom print

Made in a silk-wool blend in the Batik Diamond print

Velvet Venetian Slippers Red Men LOVE a technique she learned fromHandmade red cotton and rubber slipper shoe. The upper fabric is velvet, and the sole is made of hard wearing and weather resistant rubber. Venetian slippers or friulane were traditionally worn by countrymen in the Friuli countryside post World War II. They were then appropriated by gondoliers in Venice who chose to wear them so as not to ruin the paint of their precious gondolas. Ours are produced by the finest artisans at Le Pap in the Friuli