{"product_id":"bontoni-black-calfleather-diagonal-curved-diamante-double-monk","title":"Bontoni Black Calfleather Diagonal-Curved \"Diamante III\" Double Monk","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the Bontoni Black Calfskin Diamante Double Monk, a shoe that makes the most precise and considered case for what a double monk can be when built by nine artisans in a basement workshop in Montegranaro. The defining detail is the diagonal curved strap configuration, the straps set at an angle across the vamp that most double monks do not attempt, the geometry creating a visual line that is immediately distinctive and immediately correct, giving the shoe a silhouette that the conventional straight-strap monk cannot produce. The black calfskin is polished to a depth and clarity that only hand-coloured leather at this level achieves, the surface carrying the colour with a richness that machine-finished equivalents approximate and never match. Built on Bontoni's 105 last, the Diamante has the refined, slightly elongated profile that gives the shoe its elegance from every angle, the toe neither aggressively pointed nor bluntly rounded but resolved with the precision that a last developed over three generations of family shoemaking produces. Goodyear welted construction runs throughout, the welt stitching ensuring the shoe can be resoled and worn for decades without compromising its structure. The set arrives complete with original beechwood shoe trees, dustbags, box and a matching belt, a full complement confirming that this is a purchase conceived without omission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBontoni was founded in Montegranaro in the Marche region in 2004 by Franco Gazzani, a third-generation shoemaker whose grandfather and father made custom shoes for a private clientele under no label for decades before the house was formalised. Nine artisans produce just 3,800 pairs a year, each taking fourteen weeks and nearly 26 working hours to complete, a pace and scale that makes Bontoni one of the last genuinely artisanal shoemaking workshops remaining in Italy. The Diamante, with its diagonal curved strap and 105 last, is among the house's most distinctive and recognisable models, a shoe that the serious collector and the instinctive dresser are drawn to for the same reason.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bontoni","offers":[{"title":"7 UK \/ 8 US \/ 41 EU \/ Black \/ 100% Calfleather","offer_id":58485363540300,"sku":"CONS01742","price":498.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/6187\/1105\/files\/244AD603-DF9F-4544-9F30-8458DF1D7FE7.png?v=1787302424","url":"https:\/\/sartorialistamsterdam.com\/products\/bontoni-black-calfleather-diagonal-curved-diamante-double-monk","provider":"Sartorialista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}