Pure and thoughtful forms to live the experience of a French high-end designer
Artist in the soul
For those of us who like to go out at night and for whom partying should remain an expression of freedom, it's always been a pain to have to spend so much time untying our shoelaces when it would have been much more pleasant to prepare another good cocktail.
When I first met our current designer, Eric Gallais, he spontaneously came up with the idea of a unique and clever design as an alternative to our Mid Royal Original and its concept. It was with great enthusiasm that he drew it a few days later.
We are the only ones to have thought of it
A flared heel so your feet can slip inside the sneakers without unraveling, combined with a velcro front, giving it a perfect fit.
If you're in the mood to run around, this one can be tightened. On the other hand, if you want to drag your feet on a rainy fall day, you can loosen it up as much as you like.
It's even easier to remove them. A real time and effort saver.
Real slippers
Feeling good in your sneakers
Sourced from an Italian tannery, its perforated leather inner lining offers a soft and supple feel, making this sneaker a true glove for the feet. The new fit also increases the feeling of comfort.
You will observe the leather softening after several days of use, this is quite normal: it is a guarantee of quality, while allowing the leather skin to adapt to your morphology.
Classy and festive
Depending on the places you go and the people you meet, it is fundamental to have high quality shoes.
The designer sneaker can be paired with jeans or a dress and worn day and night, in any circumstance between business meetings and outings. The perfect compromise.
Made up to the smallest detail
The butterfly
The silhouette of the insect, embodying freedom and movement, is at the heart of the brand. Its crown has its origins in the heraldry of the Renaissance barons.
This golden logo was designed in collaboration with a French jewelry house. It took many steps to achieve this elegant result.
The adventure in the skin
Looking both wild and charismatic, the Panthera Onca jaguar, great heir of the panther family, will attract the envious look of others, not to mention its strong character.
It is from its soft touch by its majestic hairs that this sneaker transcribes so well the need to escape, revealing itself to be the secret of a true beauty.
Carefully selected materials
Well-made
The material is the basis of the craft work: without beautiful material, no beautiful product. That's why we leave nothing to chance: the quality of the leather we use is a fair compromise between flexibility and rigidity.
The upper is made of leather from Italy in a foal style. It is a resistant and naturally waterproof skin. It will have a long life ahead of it.
Clean insole
It is the result of our secret alchemy of calf leather and cork with sanitizing herbal inserts. In addition to smelling good, these herbs improve foot hygiene by promoting aeration and absorbing moisture.
In other words, perspiration is kept to a minimum and the sneakers can be worn barefoot without giving off an unpleasant smell.
This sole also remains removable, allowing you to replace it if needed.
Sole
Paris, at Baron Papillon, it is the « Place de l’Étoile. We are re-using our unique design which identically retraces the roundabout and the avenues that enter it.
Concerning the composition, we provided our new Portuguese supplier with very strict specifications:
- our sole is to be composed of 75% recycled rubber
- 20 % natural rubber
- 5% synthetic rubber
The abrasion coefficient is high and guarantees durability. Its 3 cm height protects the uppers against scratchs. Neither too big or too thin, just in keeping with the ground.
Eco-Friendly & French
A balanced production
For this new model, we have voluntarily finished a leftover skin from an old stock. In other words, we don't have much left, but this allows us to keep no scraps.
Sensitive to environmental issues, we have always wanted sneakers to be elegant and astute, but also in line with slow fashion.
We adhere to the principle of « zero destruction » of our unsold stock and we continue developing creative processes for researching European based materials that respect the environment while associating ourselves in collaborative eco projects.
Made in France
Upstream, we work on the elaboration of the first prototypes in Montjean-sur-Loire:
- Final drawing and choice of materials by our artistic director Eric Gallais
- First prototype in the design office
- Once this one is validated, we move on to the stitching stage, i.e. the production of the rods
Then it is the assembly of the soles with the stem:
- Hot glued with a machine specially designed for our Barons
- Cold sewn with the sewing machine of our grandmothers
Finally the final preparation :
- Inserting the laces
- Placement of the herbal sole
- Recovery of the upcycled boxes to put our sneakers in
By manufacturing in France, we shorten our production time, we reduce our carbon footprint, we contribute to strengthen our local expertise. And we are proud of our know-how.
Managed Upcycling
And we continue. Our vintage shoe boxes are made from an old stock that was fabricated in France in the 80’s to which added our logo.
