Sneaker Barons Papillom Mid Toile Champagne

Although she lived in a royal setting, Marie-Antoinette was a scandal. With her strong personality, she radically abandoned her role as Queen to succumb to more ephemeral pleasures and passions that were not worthy of a woman of the time. All that mattered to her was art and spending her time entertaining herself through dance, music, theater, comedy and play. She often went out late atnight incognito to attend many parties and balls.
Its history has fascinated many historians who are still trying to understand who it really is, but its past is still quite inaccessible.

The unique technique of the printing known as «placed», realized in Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges with the help of an ink jet machine, allows us to obtain original and precise motives such as this creative model inspired straight from the «Toile de Jouy».

To realize this unique impression, two passages are necessary: the first with the motive the «Toile de Jouy», the second with Marie-Antoinette inspired by the bust Lecomte.

This process requires a great deal of attention to detail since the device must be manually replaced every two shoes. The tracings are thus perfectly proportioned for each shoe size. Drying is done by ultraviolet rays, then a layer of varnish is gently applied to fix the print.

Sourced from an Italian tannery and hand-stitched, its leather inner lining offers a supple and cushy feel, making the sneaker a true glove for the feet.

You will observe the leather softening after several days of use, this is quite normal: it is a guarantee of quality, while allowing the leather skin to adapt to your morphology.

Upstream, we work on the elaboration of the first prototypes in Montjean-sur-Loire:

• Final drawing and choice of materials by our artistic director Eric Gallais
• First prototype in the design office
• Once this one is validated, we move on to the stitching stage, i.e. the production of the rods

Then it is the assembly of the soles with the stem:

• Hot glued with a machine specially designed for our Barons
• Cold sewn with the sewing machine of our grandmothers

Finally the final preparation :

• Inserting the laces
• Placement of the herbal sole
• Recovery of the upcycled boxes to put our sneakers in

By manufacturing in France, we shorten our production time, we reduce our carbon footprint, we contribute to strengthen our local expertise. And we are proud of our know-how.