Handmade Velvet Slipper with rubber sole. Can be worn in doors or out.

Thefurlanais the quintessential Venetian slipper: the name dates back to the XIX century, when a few ingenious and brave ladies from Friuli began producing footwear with left-over fabrics and old bicycle tires. The legend narrates that a family decided to open a parlor for theirscarpez, this is how they call shoes in Friuli, right by the Rialto Bridge. Thefriulanawas an immediate success among gondolieres. The rubber sole allowed them to have a firm grip when rowing while still protecting the precious pitch-black varnish on their gondolas.