The MONTE CARLO I is the most distinguished shoe in the PP collection — the model that Mike, a PP Family member and long-term client, described as worth €10,000 euros, the model that prompted one of the most celebrated testimonials in PP's history. It is made from 100% natural silk with Italian leather sole and hand-stitched construction, with contrasting brown piping that accentuates the high-vamp design — a classic shoe silhouette in the most luxurious of natural materials.

The silk construction. 100% natural silk — the same material as the PP Monte Carlo Blazer, the same luminous natural material that gives silk its specific visual weight and its specific tactile presence. On a shoe, silk reads as more formally luxurious and more evening-appropriate than velvet or cotton. The MONTE CARLO I's silk upper catches the light in a way that marks it immediately as a piece of genuine craft rather than a conventional leather shoe.

The contrasting brown piping. The design detail that defines the MONTE CARLO I — the contrasting brown piping at the high-vamp seam. This single design decision gives the shoe a visual identity that is immediately recognisable and that reads as an intentional aesthetic choice rather than a standard finishing detail.

The high-vamp design. The high-vamp construction — the vamp being the front upper part of the shoe that covers the foot from toe to instep — gives the MONTE CARLO I a more covering and more formally Italian silhouette than a low-vamp loafer. The high-vamp reads as more evening-appropriate and more formally composed.

The occasion. The MONTE CARLO I carries the formal evening occasion, the dressed occasion, the event that rewards the most considered piece in the PP shoe collection. Paired with the PP Monte Carlo Blazer in natural silk and a white PP linen shirt — the natural silk from collar to toe, the complete natural material formal outfit.

Made to order — four to six weeks from pieterpetros.com.

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