Bontoni, known as "eternal Italian elegance", its top point lies in the fact that if foreign luxury connoisseur magazines do a global custom shoe yearbook, Bontoni must be on the list, and Monocle magazine once used the article "Sure Footed" to give it American praise. Bontoni has been in business for three generations and has a reputation of word of mouth, with many celebrities, aristocrats and politicians among its users.
 
Guido Gazzani, a low-key old man at the helm of Bontoni, once said: "Bontoni's style is 'a fusion of tradition and modernity, with a careful sketch', and this style is called 'a renewal in Italian elegance'." Inspired by the iconic Jet-Set trend in Italy from the fifties and sixties. This shows Bontoni's classicism and rigor.
 
Bontoni is only available in 11 countries, and each country is limited to one retailer. The scarcity of the Bontoni is due to the fact that there are only 4 craftsmen, and the last making is still done by Guido Gazzani, flattering the slow laws of shoemaking. It takes almost 8 weeks for Bontoni to make a pair of shoes, including welting, hand-coloring, etc.
 
Coloring the upper is Bontoni's signature technique, and in contrast to other brands that cover beige or brown leather with other colors, Bontoni takes the extra care to paint white leather. The pores in the white leather are warmed with a hot iron, then polished, waxed and smoked, and then painted layer by layer with a paintbrush, giving each pair a unique glossy color.
 
Bontoni has a customized, semi-customized, ready-to-wear business. The leather tanning method used in Bontoni's custom shoes is vegetable, resulting in a softer and more elastic leather. When choosing leather, you will be amazed at the perfection of precious leathers such as elephant leather, rhinoceros, Spanish bullskin, kangaroo leather and crocodile leather. When the last is completed, it will "rest" for 25~45 days before starting to finalize and stitch, and it takes 25 days to finalize, and the whole custom shoe is completed in a total of 5 months. With such a long customization time, Bontoni's Waiting List is always amazingly long. It is worth mentioning that the shoes are finally completed after at least two try-ons and verifications, and the artisan will engrave their name on the sole of the shoe, while customers who purchase more than 30 pairs of shoes will have the opportunity to engrave their name on the sole of the shoe to become their own logo.
 
There are two important collections in Bontoni's ready-to-wear collection, the classic series is the Amarcord, which has been difficult to surpass to this day. The St.Andrew, the Four-Quarter Brogue Derby, the Brera Two-Quarter Brogue Oxford, and the Three-Buckle Monk Excelsior are some of his masterpieces. The Casanova collection, on the other hand, is a classic yet modern collection, with elegant silhouettes, narrow lasts, tapered toe and hand-coloured toe finishes. Styles can be selected from full brogue oxfords, Blazers, three-joint oxfords, Toscano, etc.
 
Bontoni, whose craftsmanship is uncompromising, is also uncompromising on price, selling for $1,000-$6,500. You may be shocked when you receive the shoes, and even the Bontoni shoebox is a handmade leather case, and the luxury is self-evident.