Fabiano Blake raising cinnamon +2.4"

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 perforation, no ostentatious stitching — only a clean line, a refined lacing, and a wave-shaped leather piece that subtly 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 uniqueness — the one you choose 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 shortcuts. The sole is stitched to the upper stitch by stitch by the artisan, using the Blake method — the noblest assembly technique in shoemaking. 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 Cousu Blake pair is not thrown away; it is cared for and passed down.

Only leather, and the finest. We do not compromise on materials. The upper, the lining and the insole are made from 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-down model, the cinnamon patina is what gives the Fabiano all its personality: hand-worked, shade after shade, by a patina artisan, it plays with nuances of honey, caramel and amber — a cinnamon that shimmers in the light, unlike anything found on industrially dyed leather.

Mario Bertulli craftsmanship, applied to excellence. Like all our models, the Fabiano secretly gives you +2.4" thanks to a completely invisible internal lift. What sets it apart: the shoe itself. You are not simply wearing an elevating derby — you are wearing a true shoemaker's piece, designed to last.

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