Modigliani Pigozzi Velluto Color:Nero Nero and a Venetian glass pearl

and a Venetian glass pearl — hand-stitched by the artisan to the outer side — ties every pair to the centuries-old Murano glassmaking tradition

Whether you own a pair of Modigliani Velvet Friulane or any other velvet style

The strap across the instep is both the defining feature and the quiet provocation — a structural element that transforms the silhouette from expected to arresting

Children's Friulane receive the same artisan dedication as adult sizes — and in certain respects

the sole molded to Piedaterre's own specifications

Modigliani Pigozzi Velluto Color:Nero Nero and a Venetian glass pearlThe best creative dialogues begin not with a brief but with a conversation and the Modigliani Pigozzi Velvet Friulane is the product of exactly that kind of exchange. When Jean Pigozzi, the art collector and fashion entrepreneur whose eye has shaped collections from Paris to New York, first visited Piedaterre's workshop near the Rialto Bridge, what struck him was not the finished slippers but the making of them: artisans stitching without adhesive,