Visit a traditional artisan’s workshop where shoes are custom-designed and hand-tinted

This boutique on a quiet Left Bank street proudly bears the mark of hundreds of years of French craftsmanship. Entering the colorful, congenial space is like rediscovering an era when fine handwork was the norm rather than the exception. For more than four decades, master shoemaker Olivier Guyot has been designing, making and repairing shoes while continuing the ancient lineage of apprenticeship that gave him his training. His partner Anne, working by his side, left a successful career in finance to pursue the art of shoe coloration, or patinage. Olivier will show you how his shoes are made, and Anne will teach you how to dye leather like a true shoe artist. If you like, you can be fitted for a pair of your own hand-crafted shoes.

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