Marquis Braided-Welt Dress Penny Loafer for Men - Handmade Block-Heel Leather Shoes

Marquis is the most formally extravagant shoe in the Melodiapelle range. The full-grain leather carries a deep intensity that hand-burnishing takes further still at the heel, and the block heel construction lifts both the wearer's stature and the shoe's drama. The finishing gestures set it apart: a gold metal toe-tip at the front, and an artisan braided welt running the full circumference of the sole edge.

Braiding a welt is a technique that takes years to learn - each interlaced leather braid is hand-worked, and the result is a textural border almost never seen in formal footwear, sitting on an otherwise standard Goodyear hand-welted, resoleable build. Marquis holds nothing back. It is the pair for weddings, receptions and evenings out where dress loafers for men need to do more than simply be correct.