The story and the spirit of Dei Colli
Founded in 1967 in Solferino, in southern Lombardy just inland from Lake Garda, Dei Colli began as a small family business making women's leather shoes. From the outset the Pasquetti family worked to a clear idea: rigour in the choice of raw materials and craft care at every stage of production. Over the years the label became a reference point for the most demanding export markets without ever loosening its hold on quality. Even as growth called for a more structured organisation, design and creative direction stayed firmly in Italy, keeping the original identity of the brand intact.
Every pair of Dei Colli shoes is the outcome of a considered balance between how it looks and how it works. Leather and suede are selected for softness, durability and a visual quality above the ordinary. Hand finishing gives each pair its own character, visible in details such as studs, metal appliqués and stitching that read as style elements in their own right. None of this is decoration for its own sake: each choice expresses a definite idea of femininity, assertive and refined at the same time.
Dei Colli speaks to a woman who knows what she wants and chooses her shoes accordingly. Ankle boots, sandals and the other families in the collection allow more than one reading: they sit as convincingly with an urban, contemporary look as with a more polished outfit. That versatility is built in, letting each model move between very different settings without losing its identity. Comfort, delivered by well-studied lasts and materials that mould to the foot, completes a range made for women who refuse to choose between style and wellbeing. Wearing Dei Colli means carrying a piece of Italian craftsmanship with you, whatever the occasion.
