Fabiano Blake cinnamon platform +6cm

Handmade. Made to last.

Purity and modernity, the brilliance of color. The Fabiano embodies the derby in its most contemporary form: no toe cap, no perforations, no showy stitching — only a clean line, a subtle lacing, and a wave-shaped leather piece that discreetly highlights the outer side of the foot. Offered in a sunlit cinnamon, with honey and amber highlights, hand-patinated, it is the derby that asserts its singularity — the one chosen for a navy suit and white shirt, ecru trousers, or casual tailoring where the shoe becomes the focal point of the eye.

A shoe entirely hand-stitched. No glue, no shortcut. The sole is stitched to the upper stitch by stitch by the artisan, using the Blake method — the most noble shoemaking technique. This process takes time and skilled labor, but it changes everything: the shoe is supple from day one, it breathes better because no layer of glue suffocates the leather, and above all — its sole can be replaced by the cobbler when the time comes. A pair of Cousu Blake shoes is not thrown away; it is cared for and passed on.

Nothing but leather, and the finest. We do not compromise on materials. The upper, the lining and the insole are made of full-grain calf leather — the noblest part of the leather, the one that retains its natural grain and develops a beautiful patina over the years. The sole is genuine leather, stamped Mario Bertulli. On such a pared-back model, the cinnamon patina is what gives the Fabiano all its personality: hand-worked, shade after shade, by a patina artist, it plays with nuances of honey, caramel and amber — a cinnamon that shimmers in the light, and that does not exist on industrially dyed leather.

Mario Bertulli craftsmanship, brought to excellence. Like all our models, the Fabiano secretly gives you +6 cm thanks to a totally invisible internal lift. What sets it apart: the shoe itself. You are not simply wearing a height-boosting derby — you are wearing a true shoemaker’s piece, designed to last.

A pair that can be resoled, cared for, and aged with you.