LE ICONE

SOME FOOTBALL BOOTS DISAPPEAR. OTHERS BECOME PART OF THE GAME.

You remember the shape. The leather. Perhaps you remember your own pair.

Le Icone is a return to the Pantofola d’Oro that generations of footballers came to know: unmistakably Italian, remarkably soft and built around a simple belief that a football boot should feel as good as it looks.

THE BOOTS THEY WANTED TO WEAR

When Juventus great, John Charles, discovered the soft, handmade boots produced by Emidio Lazzarini, their comfort famously brought to mind a slipper.

From that moment, Pantofola d’Oro became a name woven through football history.

Cruijff wore Pantofola. Rivera wore Pantofola. Riva, Mazzola, Conti and many more followed. Across different countries and radically different styles of football, the boots became associated with players who understood technique, touch and personality.

There was nothing complicated about the appeal. Beautiful leather, a shape designed around the foot, and craftsmanship built through generations of experience. Add to that a softness completely at odds with the hard football boots that had come before.

Models such as Lazzarini, Superleggera, Derby and New Star carry that history forward today.

View the La Icone Collection here

YES, PANTOFOLA D'ORO IS STILL HERE

Perhaps that a is why seeing a pair of Pantofola d'Oro boots again can feel less like discovering something new and more like meeting an old friend. Football has changed enormously since these boots first became famous. Pantofola d'Oro has changed with it, but there is value in knowing which things should not be abandoned simply because time has passed.

Leather should still feel beautiful, a boot should still embrace the foot, craftsmanship should still matter, and an icon should still be an icon.

If you remember Pantofola d'Oro, welcome back. If you don't, this is a very good place to start.

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