How to recognise a Pons Quintana shoe
Weaving is the construction that identifies Pons Quintana: the upper is not a single piece of leather but a lattice of thin strips crossed over the last. It changes how the shoe behaves, because air circulates between the bands and the upper adapts to the instep instead of resisting it. It also comes with one firm rule of use: woven leather must be left to dry in the shade, away from any heat source, because the strips tighten and shrink at different rates and the weave loses its alignment.
Every model on this page has a leather upper and a rubber sole. The leather comes in different finishes: smooth, suede — the same material Italian labels call camoscio — and versions with a water-repellent treatment. Each asks for its own care: smooth leather is cleaned with a damp cloth and a neutral cream, suede with a stiff brush and a reviving spray on a dry shoe, while the water-repellent treatment pushes water away without making the shoe waterproof and needs renewing with a spray after a few seasons. The rubber sole, unlike a leather one, is unbothered by wet ground and needs no breaking in.
This page has no flat models: the lowest heel starts at three and a half centimetres and rises to the platform versions. That distinction matters more than the height printed on the product page, because a platform under the forefoot reduces the real drop between heel and toe: four centimetres of platform under an eight-centimetre heel walk like a four, with the silhouette of an eight. Anyone looking for a genuinely flat fit will find it among the women's ballet flats.
Sandals, loafers and ankle boots sit side by side on this page, and they owe it to the same construction: weaving began as an answer to heat, but on a closed, lined upper it becomes a pattern rather than a vent. The most reliable criterion for choosing is not the season but the platform height, given on each product page next to the heel height. Anyone after an open model, and not only from this brand, will find the full range among the women's sandals.
