Description

The Arch Support Project x Division Road Conceria 800 Nero Vachetta Calf Alpine Hiker is a whole-cut pattern based on outdoor mountaineering footwear synonymous with the Italian, French, and Swiss Alps. This exclusive-to-Division Road style uses a limited batch, vegetable-tanned recipe from Conceria 800, one of Italy’s most exclusive tanneries specializing in hand-selected and finished hides using environmentally friendly processes. These double-calf hides are cordovan pit-tanned using oak, chestnut, mimosa bark, and vegetable tannins to enhance their unique character and are drum-dyed and hand-oiled to enhance the grain’s flexibility and durability in this luxurious Nero black. In response to the mass industrialization of manufacturing in the 20th century, Arch Support Project is taking modern design elements and turning back the clock with hand-grade footwear production and completely exclusive techniques. This Alpine Hiker comes in a minimalist composition with little machine stitching, and the upper is hand-lasted using a single piece of leather that's adjusted over one month of drying to ensure the hide conforms accurately and relates its natural character. This clean palette is complemented with gun-black eyelets and a hand-stitched, single-piece leather backstay and pull loop. The custom Arch Support Last accommodates a wide variety of feet, and a cork insert allows you to adjust sizing and fit when layered between the cork-padded leather footbed and the constructed leather insole. Avant-garde meets old-world aesthetic and functionality with an all-leather build from the toe and counter structure combined with the Arch Support leather cup that is hand-chainstitched into the upper and integrated into the leather midsole, allowing the footwear and components to conform and mold to the foot. In the only workshop in the world with this level of hand-lasting, welting, and construction, ASP is made one at a time in small batches that marry luxury with artisan rarity. Completed with a hand-chainstitched reverse storm welt atop a customized Vibram Gumlite sole unit, this all-black Alpine Hiker will confidently conquer the streets and backwoods with comfort and craft.