Leonardo Sewn Blake Black Raised +6cm

COUSU BLAKE — Leonardo

Handmade. Made to last.

A sumptuous Oxford, in the purest shoemaking tradition. The Leonardo is recognizable at first glance by its refined ornamentation: a play of traditional stitching and perforations runs across the vamp and along the sides, a round, brogued toe marks the model’s elegance, and the 5-eyelet lacing completes a perfectly balanced silhouette. In deep black, hand-patinated, it is the Oxford for formal occasions as much as for business — the one you choose to mark special moments.

A shoe entirely hand-stitched. No glue, no shortcuts. The sole is stitched to the upper stitch by stitch by the craftsman, using the Blake method — the noblest assembly technique in shoemaking. This process takes time and skilled labor, but it changes everything: the shoe is flexible 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 on.

All 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 made of genuine leather, stamped Mario Bertulli. The traditional perforations — brogued toe and decorative stitching — are made with the precision demanded by this detail inherited from old-world shoemaking, and the black finish is hand-patinated, shade by shade, by a patina artisan.

Mario Bertulli know-how, applied to excellence. Like all our models, the Leonardo secretly gives you +6 cm thanks to a completely invisible internal lift. What sets it apart: the shoe around it. You’re not simply wearing a height-boosting Oxford — you’re wearing a true shoemaker’s piece, designed to last.

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