Guidi - The Fine Tannery Outcome

Guidi

Guidi boots comes from the tannery Guidi, the supplier of leathers of highest standards.

Guidi's history can be traced back to Pescia in Tuscany where the master tanner-leather workers Guido Guidi, Giovanni Rosellini, and Gino Ulivo founded “Conceria Guidi E Rosellini” in 1986. The Guidi shoe collection is now headed by Ruggero Guidi who runs the tannery true to it's genes and heritage and is not into mass production. The House of Guidi creations varies from soft, supple hides to distressed, thickened leather of highest quality levels and they are famous for their exotic leathers like Stingray, African Crocodile, Python along with the traditional ones such as Calf, Pig, Donkey, Horse, Cordovan, Buffalo, Kangaroo etc. Guidi is the tannery of choice for many of the top leather designers around the globe and for a period Carpe Diem, Augusta, Carol Christian Poell all sourced lather from Guidi's tannery.

Tannery besiness apart, Guidi is a maker of leather shoes and bags of finest qualities and intricacies which is evident from their collections over the years. Alberto Giacometti, the famous Swiss sculptor-painter is thought to be an inspiration for Mr. Guidi which translates into the famous Guidi minimalism and basic nature of their shoes and bags.

Full Grain Horse Leather - Lined

Full Grain Donkey - Lined

Python leather

The amazing red color is the result of Oxblood treatment

Guidi shoes and boots belong to the same league as that of Augusta, Carpe Diem, Carol Christian Poell and other off-shoots but priced better. So that makes Gudi boots a nice buy given that they are the leather suppliers for many of the top leather artisans and the craftmanship of their own line is on par with the above mentioned lengendary fashion houses.

From the House of Guidi :- "The following suggestions will help you to get many years of pleasure and comfort from your shoes.

The humidity that skin tends to take up during the day needs many hours to evaporate so you should avoid wearing the same pair of shoes on consecutive days. This is very important for your comfort and also means your shoes will last much longer.

Wet shoes should be dried at room temperature. In order to assist the drying process you should leave a wrapped newspaper inside them. Don’t leave your shoes in front of fireplaces or radiators. Heat could damage the natural tanning of the skin and the life of your shoes will be shortened."

Now there is a good reason for getting multiple pairs of your favorite shoes and boots :-)