• Hi, I am the owner and main administrator of Styleforum. If you find the forum useful and fun, please help support it by buying through the posted links on the forum. Our main, very popular sales thread, where the latest and best sales are listed, are posted HERE

    Purchases made through some of our links earns a commission for the forum and allows us to do the work of maintaining and improving it. Finally, thanks for being a part of this community. We realize that there are many choices today on the internet, and we have all of you to thank for making Styleforum the foremost destination for discussions of menswear.
  • This site contains affiliate links for which Styleforum may be compensated.
  • We would like to welcome House of Huntington as an official Affiliate Vendor. Shop past season Drake's, Nigel Cabourn, Private White V.C. and other menswear luxury brands at exceptional prices below retail. Please visit the Houise of Huntington thread and welcome them to the forum.

  • STYLE. COMMUNITY. GREAT CLOTHING.

    Bored of counting likes on social networks? At Styleforum, you’ll find rousing discussions that go beyond strings of emojis.

    Click Here to join Styleforum's thousands of style enthusiasts today!

    Styleforum is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Lattanzi spectators on ebay! Size 7.

marc37

Senior Member
Joined
Jun 14, 2004
Messages
976
Reaction score
0

kabert

Distinguished Member
Joined
Feb 23, 2004
Messages
2,078
Reaction score
7
I'm pretty sure he's just thrown in the word "Kiton" to pick up more searches, since Lattanzi isn't nearly as well known a name as Kiton.
 

minimal

Senior Member
Joined
Oct 7, 2004
Messages
312
Reaction score
1
I believe that Lattanzi makes shoes for Kiton, as it's been mentioned in a few places, including on styleFORVM.

I know that Lattanzi makes shoes for Brioni, so this is probably a similar situation.
 

zjpj83

Distinguished Member
Joined
Oct 25, 2004
Messages
9,425
Reaction score
28
Kiton shoes are made in-house
 

kabert

Distinguished Member
Joined
Feb 23, 2004
Messages
2,078
Reaction score
7
zjp,

Is this still the case? Unless the Lattanzi for Kiton shoes that are being sold at Barney's, etc. are fakes, Kiton has at least some shoes made by Lattanzi.
 

zjpj83

Distinguished Member
Joined
Oct 25, 2004
Messages
9,425
Reaction score
28
zjp,

Is this still the case? Unless the Lattanzi for Kiton shoes that are being sold at Barney's, etc. are fakes, Kiton has at least some shoes made by Lattanzi.
This is what Bergdorfs told me - that they have now devoted part of the Kiton factory to shoe making. Of course, we all know how up front salespeople can be about outsourcing... not
 

kabert

Distinguished Member
Joined
Feb 23, 2004
Messages
2,078
Reaction score
7
Maybe it was Bergdorf's. I really don't have first hand knowledge -- I'm only speaking based on at least two prior threads here on the subject of Kiton's new shoes.
 

Thracozaag

Distinguished Member
Joined
Aug 24, 2002
Messages
3,093
Reaction score
9
They're probably from Bergdorf. Lattanzi was consulted as a possibility for making Kiton shoes several years ago, but Kiton went in-house for their shoes.

koji
 

karl hungus

New Member
Joined
Dec 12, 2004
Messages
2
Reaction score
0
Until this past year Kiton rebranded Latanzi's and sold them as their own shoes. Kiton, however, decided to go in shop and purchase a factory (unclear if they just got a latanzi factory or what).

I confirmed this with a very rude Kiton salesman when I was in Paris this past summer. Interestingly, they were having a sale on shoes while I was there in an attempt to get rid of all the Latanzi Kitons before the new home grown Kitons were to come in. I've never come so close to a 1200 dollar impulse purchase in my life - the main impidement to the purchase (outside of the cost, already being in debt, etc) was that at the time I was still in the the first circle of fashion fettish hell, ie only obsessed with shirts.

Cannot say what I would do now if I were presented with that opportunity again. That Kiton is a tempting tempting siren.

ZF
 

Steve B.

Go Spurs Go
Joined
Mar 2, 2002
Messages
10,286
Reaction score
134
They're probably from Bergdorf.
Picture says Louis Boston. Those are some great looking Specs... Too bad I'd need 2 for each foot in a size 7.
smile.gif
 

Featured Sponsor

How important is full vs half canvas to you for heavier sport jackets?

  • Definitely full canvas only

    Votes: 55 35.5%
  • Half canvas is fine

    Votes: 60 38.7%
  • Really don't care

    Votes: 17 11.0%
  • Depends on fabric

    Votes: 27 17.4%
  • Depends on price

    Votes: 28 18.1%

Forum statistics

Threads
505,180
Messages
10,579,214
Members
223,889
Latest member
berniceconley
Top