In a recent behind-the-scenes film that industry body the Fédération Française de la Chaussure (FFC) made about Paraboot production, the brand’s marketing and communications director, Pierre Colin, says it is essential for designers and pattern-makers to have from the outset “a mastery of the materials”. This includes the leather Paraboot uses, which is mostly high-quality calf leather. Calf appeals, Mr Colin explains, for its softness and because the animals have had relatively little time in which to become “scarred by the pangs of life”, although the hides are still of good size and thick enough to provide the strength that Paraboot requires.

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