Perla Negra
Perla Negra
In honour of our 130th anniversary, we are proud to introduce the “Perla Negra”, a “portable” polishing machine.
The polishing machine we have here in the Hurlingham atelier has been polishing boots and shoes for about a century. Our clients often enquire about how they can get the same quality shine.
This type of machine is not easy to come by, it needs an optimal velocity of rotations and specific brushes. We have created 13 machines, one for each decade of Casa Fagliano so that our clients can get the same quality shine at home or in their stables.
130th Anniversary
130th Anniversary
Today we celebrate 130 years of passion for a craft that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Casa Fagliano is a family business that has preserved its original artisanal methods and high quality standards.
Our trade has been past on from father to son for more than a century, we are still using the same methods as our ancestors with an unparalleled attention to detail. Living by the same slogan as we did in 1892, Quality rather than Quantity.
“We are still using the same methods as our ancestors”
“We are still using the same methods as our ancestors”
Rodolfo Fagliano holding a tool made by his grand-father, Pedro Fagliano, used to create the invisible seams on polo boots. He recalls being a child in the workshop, standing by his father’s side and watching him as he used the tool.
Rodolfo Fagliano holding a tool made by his grand-father, Pedro Fagliano, used to create the invisible seams on polo boots. He recalls being a child in the workshop, standing by his father’s side and watching him as he used the tool.
Eduardo Fagliano goodyear welting a polo boot. Most artisans nowadays use a machine to create the goodyear welt, but in this small workshop of Hurlingham, the welt is still being done by hand, as our italian ancestors did before coming to argentina. The goodyear welt lays the foundations of the polo boot and ensures the polo players stands comfortably in his stirrups.
“The welt is still being done by hand, as our italian ancestors did before coming to Argentina”
“The welt is still being done by hand, as our italian ancestors did before coming to Argentina”
Hector Fagliano adjusting a pair of custom made wood trees for a client’s polo boots. He learnt the trade from his grand-father and father, Rodolfo, by watching them operate in the workshop. There is no school that will teach you this, it is a trade that you inherit, very few people around world craft wood trees the way we do in Hurlingham.
“There is no school that will teach you this, it is a trade that you inherit”
“There is no school that will teach you this, it is a trade that you inherit”
Nico Fagliano selecting the leather to create a polo boot. The leather is the essence of any good boot, the process of choosing just the right one for our boots is an essential one. You have to look, touch and feel the leather over and over again ensuring that you picked the finest quality, and that the boots will withstand the test of time.
“The leather is the essence of any good boot”
“The leather is the essence of any good boot”
German Fagliano crafting a custom made Jaeger-leCoultre watch strap for the reverso. The collaboration with the swiss time keepers came about for their release of their “reverso tribute”, a tribute to the original version created in 1931. A watch initially created for polo players, with a dial that you can rotate on itself to protect it from potential hits from swinging mallets. The watchstraps are crafted with the same leather as our polo boots.
German Fagliano crafting a custom made Jaeger-leCoultre watch strap for the reverso. The collaboration with the swiss time keepers came about for their release of their “reverso tribute”, a tribute to the original version created in 1931.
A watch initially created for polo players, with a dial that you can rotate on itself to protect it from potential hits from swinging mallets. The watchstraps are crafted with the same leather as our polo boots.
“The watchstraps are crafted with the same leather as our polo boots.”
“The watchstraps are crafted with the same leather as our polo boots.”
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