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Antonio Meccariello

Antonio Meccariello makes custom and made-to-order shoes by hand in Benevento, carving his own shoe forms, and charges far less than comparable makers.

Antonio Meccariello works in Benevento, in Campania, making bespoke and made-to-order shoes and carving his own lasts. He is unusual in offering hand-welted construction at prices well below comparable makers, and he is widely regarded as one of the best-value serious shoemakers in Europe.

BespokeIsmarlama (made-to-measure)Hazır giyim

An illustration of a welted shoe of the kind the house makes. Not a photograph of the house's own work.

Atölye stili — omuz: belgelenmemiş

Göğüs — extensive handwork

Provalar 1–3 16–40 hafta

Kimden $2,700 belgelenen en düşük, dönüştürülmüş

Value in the strict sense

Value is a word this site uses carefully: it means the same construction and finish for less money, not cheapness. Meccariello qualifies. Hand-welted construction, hand-carved lasts and a high standard of finishing, at prices closer to good ready-to-wear than to bespoke.

The explanation is geography and overheads rather than any compromise in the shoe. A workshop in Benevento does not carry Mayfair or Ginza costs.

The range

Bespoke on a carved last, made-to-order on the workshop's lasts, and a ready-to-wear line: all hand-welted or Goodyear-welted depending on the tier, and all made in the same workshop.

The maker carves his own lasts, which is unusual: most bespoke shoemakers buy lasts roughed out by a specialist and finish them. Doing the whole thing in-house is part of why the prices work.

How the price works

The construction is the same as makers charging two or three times as much: hand-welted, leather-lined, on a last the maker carves himself. What is absent is a shop in an expensive city, a distribution network and a marketing operation.

The trade-off is access. Commissioning means dealing with a small workshop in Campania directly, with the communication and lead times that implies, and there is no showroom in which to try shoes on first.

Cutting your own lasts

Most shoemakers below the top tier buy lasts. Cutting them is a separate craft, and a maker who does it controls the single element that determines how a shoe looks and fits, which is why the practice is worth flagging even though a customer never sees a last. It is also the main reason a small independent workshop can offer shapes that no factory range contains.

El welt dikişi

iç tabandan oyulmuş holdfast

holdfast tabanın bir parçasıdır

Taban yenilenebilir: defalarca

Goodyear welt dikişi

kanvas nervür iç tabana yapıştırılmış

gemming yapıştırılmıştır: bozulan kısım budur

Taban yenilenebilir: birkaç kez

Blake

her şeyi geçen tek dikiş

dikiş ayakkabının içine geçer

Taban yenilenebilir: Blake makinesiyle

Yapıştırılmış

taban üst deriye yapıştırılmış

yalnızca yapıştırıcı

Taban yenilenebilir: genellikle hayır

üst deri iç taban welt dış taban

Tabanın nasıl tutturulduğu ve yenilenip yenilenemeyeceği Soldaki iki yapımda welt, taban dikişini taşır; dolayısıyla taban, üst kısmı bozmadan çıkarılabilir. El welt dikişinde sırt, tabanın kendisinden kesilir; Goodyear yönteminde ise bir kanvas fitil yapıştırılır ve zamanla bozulan kısım bu fitildir. Diyagram Il Sartoriale için çizilmiştir.

Kayıt

Ülke

Italy

Service levels

Bespoke · Made-to-measure · Ready-to-wear

Omuz