For enquiries please email ir@sistanidesigns.co.uk

 

Worn by various Napoleons, Churchill, today's Charles of Wales, Bullfighters,

the late George Michael and Michael Jackson! We do handmade, hand-embroidered slippers.

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Today’s environment being of urgent importance, the concept of Quality, not Quantity

has started to make more and more sense – thirty years ago the reasoning was purely

sensible budgeting. The best, made by hand purely for oneself is repaired and in use after years,

thanks to the dedicated art of the craftsmen who made them.

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Less waste, greener, forgive the pun a better footprint!

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All materials, yarn, thread, and velvets are hand dyed and responsibly sourced.

Having watched with fascination and an eagerness to learn as master craftsmen and women;

design, weave, sew, cut, and construct: never has their expertise been bestowed upon me.

All noted as measurements are painstakingly taken.

 

The first thing required before making a pair is the last. Carved from a piece

of wood, ash is often the choice as it has fewer dots or blemishes known as “knots.”

In modern workshops lasts are made of resin even by top design houses

charging thousands. This is for convenience – they are hard-wearing.

Not here: bespoke requires Ash; softness permits changes to be made as the

wearer’s feet change in time, through life.

For ready-to-wear, the last is made of the right foot. An identical mirror copy follows for the left.

As left foot and right are always different, our craftsmen carve two separate lasts.

The upper of the shoe is cut with the essential template in the exact size of the client.

Simultaneously linings and soles are cut.

Fabric is cut on grains, or if tapestry is more complex, all the time the sewer

could cut a hand or finger if not fully competent. Velvet is dispatched for embroidery by hand.

 

After “binding“ a toe puff is added for support. This is a material with

a high conductivity – the ability to detect heat in this case.

Heated skilfully to soften, the effect of too much heat requires no explanation (disaster...)

too little has little or no effect. This softening process permits one

important thing: “moulding“ to take place over the last.

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We are a small quality-focused team.

With a UK shoe size and an outlined drawing around both feet, we will build a dream pair of slippers.

 

Thanks for reading,

Amir & Hallcroft.

 

For enquiries please email ir@sistanidesigns.co.uk