This is the man behind the spread of Gurkha sandals in Japan! What is the charm of Fratelli Giacometti’s “FG166”?

F.lli Giacometti” is a long-established shoe manufacturer born in Italy that continues to produce classic handmade shoes in northern Italy. Fratelli Giacometti, which has a reputation for honest and high quality dress shoes, is also a pioneer who introduced the ” Gurkha Sandal ” to Japan, which has become a standard item in men’s and women’s fashion. In this issue, we focus on the classic Gurkha sandals, FG166, made by Fratelli Giacometti, and introduce their charm!

Fratelli Giacometti, the “Conscience of Italian Shoes

Shoemaker Fratelli Giacometti is known in the shoe industry as “the conscience of Italian shoes. The brand is highly popular among shoe and fashion lovers for its solid manufacturing, materials, quality, and sewing capabilities. Although the exact date of establishment is not certain due to lack of records, the company was founded in the 1890s in the Dolomites of northern Italy, in the Veneto region overlooking the Alps, as a shoe manufacturer specializing in indoor work shoes. Later, in the late 1940s, the company was passed down to the founder’s son and two apprentices, and developed from a small shoe workshop to a leading shoe manufacturer.

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Giacometti is the only remaining shoe manufacturer in the Veneto region of Italy, and handles OEM production (producing items for other manufacturers) for the world’s leading maisons, Hermes, Gucci, and other big maisons in Italy and abroad. The company’s connections with major maisons enable it to manufacture using higher quality and unique materials produced by the world’s leading long-established tanneries (leather factories), Dupuis and Annonay.

Fratelli Giacometti pioneered the popularity of Gurkha sandals in Japan?

The “Gurkha Sandal” design is based on the leather sandals that were used by the Gurkha soldiers in Nepal. Even after World War II, these sandals remained a summer staple for military enthusiasts for many years because of their unique design and high practicality. In recent years, the sandal boom in Japan has encouraged the sandal to spread widely as a fashion item, and it is said that Fratelli Giacometti, who has been making Gurkha sandals as a standard model of the brand for a long time, is the one who established the popularity in Japan.

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Fratelli Giacometti is also a hot topic for its use of diverse materials and rare exotic leathers. The classic yet quirky Gurkha sandals have earned a firm position as “the sandal of dreams” for shoe lovers.

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