Fontessa customizable shoes by Gaetano Pesce

Jul 29, 2011 Fontessa customizable shoes by Gaetano Pesce manufacturer: Melissa Shoes, Brazil designer: Gaetano Pesce design year: 2010 notes: Artist/Designer and Architect Gaetano Pesce (USA/Italy/Brazil), driven by the idea that the future will be customizable, has embarked on a new collaboration with the Brazilian shoe producer, Melissa, who since the late 1980's has collaborated with artists, including Jean Paul Gaultier, Zaha Hadid, Vivienne Westwood, and Fernando and Humberto Campana, to create major innovations in footwear. Moss now introduces Gaetano Pesce's customizable shoe, "Fontessa". Constructed of fused-yet-individual plastic 'droplets' which are intended to be cut away at will, to one's own design. Pesce declares, "You can wear the original shape a couple of times and then start cutting and recreating as time goes by". He continues, "Shape comes into play only at the end of a process and is merely opportunistic. It's the outcome of the original idea. It's imponderable". The shoes - comfortable, durable, recyclable, and water proof - are made of 'Melflex', a PVC which is proprietary to Melissa. materials: 'Melflex', Melissa’s proprietary PVC dimensions: available in women’s sizes 5-10 (note: half sizes are not available) price: $120
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