Shoe making

Work in a real shoe sample room together with Arsutoria school lab technicians and learn how to actually manage all the different steps of shoe manufacturing: cutting, preparation, stitching, lasting and soling; a complete journey through mocassin, ballerina, derby, sandal, laced up sneaker with sidewall stitching, knitted sneaker with foamed outsole and running style.

Learn the art of shoe making starting from understanding materials, components and constructions to learning about pattern making to finally develop and complete your own pair of shoes.

We have created dedicated shoe making sessions for designers and newcomers who are passionate about shoe making and that want to understand how this product is technically built up. Five weeks fully dedicated to the shoe world and with a hands-on approach on sample making, a fascinating journey within different styles.

A student checking out her knit upper made in the Arsutoria Lab
A student checking out her knit upper made in the Arsutoria Lab

Students will follow an online 24/40 hours preparation coursework to absorb all main aspects of shoes prior to walking into the classroom/sample room to make the most of the 5 weeks in Milan.

Depending on the session of your interest the focus might be on traditional shoes: a ballerina, sandal and laced up and/or a leather made sneaker, cemented (board-lasted) with a rubber sole.

Students can decide to take the full 5 week shoe making course or just one of the standalone modules, based on your interests:

Moccasins – 1 week

Tuition: € 2,000

2027 Intakes

  • March 22 – March 26, 2027
  • July 5 – July 9, 2027
  • November 15 – November 19, 2027

Traditional shoes – 2 weeks

Tuition: € 3,500

2026 Intakes

  • November 30 – December 11, 2026

2027 Intakes

  • March 30 – April 9, 2027
  • July 12 – July 23, 2027
  • November 22 – December 3, 2027

Sneakers – 2 weeks

Tuition: € 3,500

2027 Intakes

  • April 12 – April 23, 2027
  • July 26 – August 6, 2027
  • December 6 – December 17, 2026

Testimonials

  • If you have a passion for all things footwear and you want to expand your technical learning, I can highly recommend the summer sneaker course. It delves not only into pattern making and the understand behind how shoes come to life. The Arsutoria School also gives you all of the tools that you need to learn, as weel all of the materials, everything from shoelasts patterns and then actually taking you into the sample room to complete your prototype in real life.

    ...If you are not in the footwear industry already this course will challenge you, sneaker are not easy so it's actually quite impressive how well the fantastic Arsutoria professores have managed to consolidate so much information... I am feeling a lot more confident in the technical understanding of sneakers

    Luke McDonnell

    Teamhead Regional Creation Center at Puma - 4-week Sneaker Making class attendee, July 2024

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