Women's Alpine Baba £180
A disco ball in Baba form, the Alpines walk a fine line between sophisticated & eccentrically cool! The metallic leather is sourced from a small tannery in Istanbul that specializes in high end foiled materials. Metallic silver is not an easy color to get right, but we (humbly) think that we’ve nailed it with these — soft to the touch & truly eye-catching, these Babas have a resilience to them not found in most other metallics you will see out there.
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- Entirely handmade in Turkey
- Sturdy yet flexible hand-stitched sole construction
- Soft leather lining (no socks, no problem!)
- Water buffalo leather insole & midsole, forms to feet
- Lightweight, packable, perfect for travel!
- Metallic foil coating (see dealer's note)
Handmade, one pair at a time, at the Sabah Workshop in Gaziantep, Turkey.
With time and wear, some surface finishing might fade or rub away. This is the nature of metallic leathers.
Unlike other drum-dyed leathers, Metallic leather is made by heat fusing a metallic foil into the grain of the leather hide.
Metallic leather is beautiful, and has a lovely shine, but it will not patina in the same way that drum-dyed leather will.
With time and abrasion, some of the surface finishing might be lost. The foil is not part of the leather, but rather a coating on top.
Babas are true to size -- we recommend fitting in line with your typical UK sizing per the drop down menu. Please note, Turkish Babas have a different numerical fit than Sabahs & El Paso made Babas.
LOUNGING IN OUR SILVER BABAS
