Biography

Talent is lonely traveller. Bruno Bordese's is self made man history praised with skills, curiosity and passion. And it will remains as a landmark in italian shoe history.
Twenty years spent in the system gained him a deep knowledge both of the product and the public's demand that searches for originality, everness and comfort.
These elements are often forgotten by a the society that pushes towards a fast and flashy consume of fashion that only recently, has recognized the relevance of craftmanship.
This respect for tradition, plus the material research and above all the leading principle that a shoe is a naturtal extension of the body, are the fundaments of Bruno Bordese's creations.
The designer who was born in Turin looks after each details involved with the different steps between the birth of his idea and the final result, moving away from a delegatory system adopted by big companies.
Skills and wide inspiration translate into trailblasting trends. Bordese is a 360° creator who first on behalf of somebody else and after that for himself, launched a clean decorativism; he transformed the sport shoes in ready-to-wear accessories and introduced the washed leather.
In 2005 he presented at Prèmiere Vision the collection BB Washed by Bruno Bordese: military boots, desert boots, laced shoes and sandals all have a used aspect.
After ten years next to Cesare Paciotti and other five years with Guardiani, his anticonventional attitude pushes him to collaborate with important maisons suche as Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, Testoni, Levi's and more recently Casadei, Roberto Cavalli e Rochas Paris before creating Clone and Bruno Bordese ranges.
His evolution continues today within mens and womens collections that have a common purpose: wearability. Because shoes, as he says, "are an investment for life", something to remain without loosing its beauty.

Designer

Bruno Bordese

Management