Sprezzatura is a slow fashion brand that manufactures limited edition ladies' footwear using fabrics borrowed from the world of interior design. The shoes are made in small batches using fabrics such as silk, wool, and printed canvas.
Slow fashion means that we take into consideration all aspects of the supply chain when producing our luxury footwear. We respect the traditional values of our suppliers in the UK textile industry, where their materials have originated from and how this is reflected in our design process all the way through to the hand-made production of our designer shoes by artisan cordwainers in Marikina, Philippines.
For hundreds of years Europe and the United Kingdom has been the centre of fine textile and weaving. Our luxury footwear lines all use the same fabrics favoured by creatives and designers in the interior design and home décor industry to show our appreciation for the British weaving craft and to support local businesses. In recent collections, we are proud to have used silk from Sudbury, Wool from West Yorkshire as well as authentic toile de jouy fabric from France to realise our designs. Our future collections will make use of indigenous weaves from The Philippines.
The Philippine obsession with ornamentation and hand craftmanship gives our brand its indelible character. It is our mission to showcase the incredible skills of the cordwainers of Marikina. Most of these artisans are empowered female members of a community who bring in every shoe we produce unrivalled hand craftmanship of the highest quality.