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It is a long-awaited and finally become amazing visit to the Mannina in Florence, Italy.
On a windy chilly Sunday afternoon, I read the story about the founder, Mr. Calogero Mannina, and the ‘Atelier Mannina’, in Paris, about 2008. Since then, the Atelier Mannina became the first ‘must-go’ point on my list of the future Florence Trip.
In the early spring of 2023, the long-awaited trip finally found its own chance to be accomplished. So, I reserved a hotel near the Atelier, on the ‘cross-river’ side of center of the city. And visit the Mannina in the afternoon of next day.
The founder the Mannina, the Mr. Mannina senior started his extraordinary and legendary professional life since he was seven, on the post-war streets’ sides of Italy. The arduous works polished the skill of the future maestro, the old Mannina founded his own work shop and the work shop served its life time clients and neighborhoods since the youth time of the Maestro to today. Nowadays, the shop runed by Mr. Mannina junior and the atelier mainly runed by the outstanding apprentices of old Mannina, Miss Ohtani and Mr. Lorenzo, who still make same comfortable, elegant, high-level crafted shoes as Mr. Mannina senior did in the old days.
Due to the shape of feet of my wife, she can hardly find a pair of shoes which are completely comfortable and elegant. However, luckily, in the afternoon we visited the shop, she tried about a dozen pairs of shoes and found no one shoe was not matched for her feet. So, the shopping in the afternoon became a delighted harvest. For me, I also purchased some pairs of long-awaiting shoes, including a pair of elegant round-toe wingtip full brogue oxford, a pair of suede chachka boots…etc. After several month’s wearing, I just can say: Thank you Mr. Mannina, Miss Ohtani and Mr. Lorenzo and the Shop Lady for making so nice shoes. None of the shoes is made under the standard of high-quality.
Grazie mille. Ciao. I hope we will meet each other again, soon.