Georgio Blake Chocolate Enhancing +2.4"

Handmade. Made to last.

Elegant simplicity. As essential as it is indispensable, the Georgio has all the assets of fine shoemaking seduction: the purity of its design, the sobriety of its line, top-quality leather, and impeccable comfort. No cap toe, no perforation, no embellishment — only a perfect silhouette and just the right lacing. Offered in a deep, enveloping chocolate, hand-patinated, it reveals tobacco and cocoa nuances that give this dark brown all its richness. A derby that pairs beautifully with all your outfits — from a gray suit to khaki chinos, from navy trousers to raw denim.

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 finest 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.

Only leather, and the best of it. 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 patinates beautifully over the years. The sole is genuine leather, stamped Mario Bertulli. On a derby this stripped-back, everything comes down to the chocolate patina: worked by hand, shade after shade, by a patina artisan, it reveals tobacco and cocoa highlights, that almost velvety depth that industrially dyed leather never achieves.

Mario Bertulli craftsmanship, applied to excellence. Like all our models, the Georgio secretly gives you +2.4" thanks to a totally invisible internal lift. What sets it apart: the shoe around it. 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 ages with you.