Santoni's shoe care secrets

Santoni's seven secrets for keeping your shoes looking beautiful:


Every work of art is an expression of love, research and technique. Our shoes are authentic works of the shoemaker's art and like any valuable item should be treated with great care. By following just a few simple rules the technical and aesthetic qualities of your shoes can be conserved over time. Below there is valuable advice for the correct upkeep of your Santoni shoes:










After wearing, let your shoes air out. Help your shoes to keep their shape by using our shoe trees made exclusively of cedar wood. Clean your shoes without removing the shoe tree: this will assist you in cleaning them more thoroughly.

Treat the leather only with excellent quality leather care products. Creams with high wax content nourish the leather and slow down the ageing process. Never use water repellent products as they will damage the colour of the upper, as it has been aged by hand. Use the creams frequently and in small quantities, on just cleaned shoes.

The most appropriate creams are the ones that are closest to the colour of the upper, up to one tone lighter: never use a darker coloured cream. We recommend Santoni cream and polish. Your favorite Santoni store can advise you best.

The neutral polish should be used occasionally and for cleaning only: there is a risk of hardening the shoe leather, causing cracking. Use it on the sole and on consealed parts.

After carefully dusting the upper, appy the cream with a cloth and make sure to let it dry for a few minutes. You can then polish, using a brush with soft bristles (a horse hair brush is best), preferably with the shoe tree still inserted. We recommend testing the product on a consealed part of the shoe, such as the tongue.

For suede shoes or shoes with suede inserts, only rubber bristled brushes should be used: to remove any spots you can use fine (type 00) sandpaper, followed by the rubber bristled brush to push the nap back in the right direction. Warning: suede can lose colour when it comes into contact with liquids or solvents. Avoid immersing suede products or machine washing them. Clean any stains using a damp sponge, taking care not to spread the stain.

Never use self-polishers which are quick but quite damaging, nor iron bristles (which raise the nap excessively). Also it is best to never use direct heat to dry your shoes, as the leather can dry out and crack. Store your shoes out of direct sunlight. All leather parts of the shoe (sole and welts) should also be treated with creams, to ensure their greater durability. Use the original dust bags to transport the shoes when travelling. Avoid transporting polish during summer: the natural waxes become more fluid due to the heat and they may leak. A brush and a cotton cloth should suffice.


As these are products which have been aged by hand, there may be a slight difference in the colour tones between one shoe and the other; this is due to the fact that the leather does not always absorb the various steps of the ageing finish applied to the shoe in the same manner.


You can find al sorts of shoe care products in the Santoni Online Boutique


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Winter warm: Santoni Mountain Chic

This winter, Santoni makes sure that you will look stylish and your feet will be warm. With a collection of shoes that are all handcrafted and with names like Chamonix, Everest and St. Moritz, the name "Mountain Chic" really comes to mind.

Some models are inspired on old skiboots or mountain boots and with the anti-slip rubber soles and up to 600 stitches, the famous Santoni quality is recognizable immediately. The rubber sole not only gives you the grip that you need in the snow or on a hill, it also is a good isolation and gives you more warmth. The warmth is also created by the fur interior of some shoes. 

 Besides the "boots", also the classic shoes like the Oscar and George are fitted with a rubber sole with profile. A wonderful combination of a classic shoe with a sporty and casual look. If you want a really sporty shoe, than Santoni offers you the Santoni for AMG sneakers. This winter there even is a medium high sneaker with a fur interior and of course a rubber sole.

All shoes above are available in a variety of colors and materials. From brown to red and from calf to crocodile.


These shoes are available in the Santoni Online Boutique. For more information and pictures, please visit our facebook page or the Santoni website.

Santoni opened new store in Guangzhou

Santoni continues its expansion policy towards the Far East with a particular focus on the Chinese market. Immediately after the event for the opening of the Beijing boutique in May 2011, these days Santoni has opened the new boutique inside Taikoo Hui Mall in Guangzhou, one of the most important economical centres of the country. 

The new store celebrates the Chines culture through shapes, patterns and colours specially dedicated. There is also an area entirely dedicated to female around the world where, in addition to handcrafted footwear, there are accessoiries available.

The boutique confirms again the style, the elegance and the design that distinguish all Santoni  shops in the world. They are characterized by the exclusivity and refinement of materials blended with the modernity of the finishes and sittings.

Important elements to enhance the Santoni culture focused towards craftsmanshio, attention to details, passion, excellent matarials, passion and elegance.

Santoni Rose Collection Spring/Summer 2012

Last week in Milan, Santoni presented the new Rose women's collection for Spring Summer 2012. This new collection is a sophisticated reinterpretation of the 70's style, with a range of solid shapes, an innovative blend of materials and colours and unique details which identify the Santoni brand.

Santoni Showroom at Via Montenapoleone in Milan

The sophisticated beauty of the Santoni Rose collection incarnates a timeless elegance, designed for a woman who is free to express her own style and is boldly aware of her femininity, defiant of the rules.

Wedges and plateaus express stability. Maxi fringes take inspiration from male fashion on sandals on which the warm shades of leather are blended with green and orange.

For the next spring-summer season, the Rose Collection portrays an innate taste for sought-after materials, attention to detail and Santoni's typical hand craftmanship with a contemporary feel.

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Fall Winter Collection 2011-2012 photos now online

Very recently, Santoni released their latest catalog. The catalog for the Fall-Winter 2011-2012 Collection really lookes perfect. Again some perfectly shot pictures of the greatest shoes in the world. These shoes and this collection is now online. Some of these shoes where shown during the Pitti Uomo 2011.

Check them out at www.santonishoes.com. You can even purchase some of them online in the recently opened online boutique at shop.santonishoes.com

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