In the 1980s, Olga Berluti perfected the patina on leather, a minor revolution in the men’s footwear world, where black and brown reigned supreme. Berluti patinas are created through specific techniques, including the application of creams and natural pigments to give the shoes colour of varying sheerness and depth, resembling a patina born of time and wear. Legend has it that it was by noting the moon’s influence on the depigmentation of leather that Olga invented this symphony of colour and contrast, transparency and intensity, that gives each Berluti shoe its signature.