Back to Cool: Hand to Foot

These gorgeous handmade shoes prove that Italians age shoes as well as wines: The mini-works of art are kept on a mold for four weeks, as opposed to the more common four days, and tanned by hand.

Bontoni shoes, $995 at Wayne Edwards, 1525 Locust Street, 215-731-0120, wayne-edwards.com.

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