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Discover our Yacht loafers , the ultimate in elegance and refinement . Perfect for all occasions , whether casual or formal, these moccasins are the ideal choice for those seeking uncompromising style. Made from the highest quality materials , our moccasins offer exceptional comfort and luxurious aesthetics at an affordable price. Opt for timeless elegance with Yacht loafers from our exclusive collection.

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Light Grey Yacht Loafer

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Incredibly comfortable and prefect for a relaxed look, these light-grey loafers are crafted from supple calf suede leather and feature a stitched upper-part.

Handcrafted shoes, proudly made in the enchanting town of  Vinci, Tuscany.

In keeping with our commitment to exclusivity, our Vinci collection offers limited-edition designs that are not mass-produced. By owning a pair of our shoes, you become part of a select group of individuals who appreciate the refined beauty and exceptional craftsmanship that Vinci represents

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19 Luxury Loafer Brands Making The Highest Quality Slip-Ons

Premium materials, brand cachet, exquisite craftsmanship - these are the shoemakers producing the highest quality luxury loafers on the market.

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For anyone who lives to loaf, a pair of loafers is the ultimate footwear choice. Dapper and dandy, preppy or sleazy, loafers are chameleon shoes that can work with everything from a pair of light-wash denim to your finest tailoring. 

The slip-on style is more casual than Oxfords and Derbies but it’s still at that end of the smart-casual spectrum. What makes them different is a rakish, flamboyant quality: you can wear them to the office if you want to, but these are fun shoes. Dancing shoes. Posing shoes. Shoes that don’t necessarily need socks.

In preppy uniforms, they pair with collegiate jackets as well as button-down shirts. Suede options work with shorts in the summer. Chunky, dual-color loafers bring a little Latino flair to your tailoring or also work with jeans . 

A pair of luxury loafers are genuine statement shoes. It was the famous horsebit design that catapulted Gucci to its lofty position as the don of Italian luxury . And penny or tassel loafers are naturally head-turning designs. When they’re made from the finest leathers and suede, the quality is visible to the naked eye. And these are the shoemakers that have perfected the slip-on.

What to look for when buying luxury loafers

Luxury loafers should be crafted from the finest leathers. They’ll come in different finishes, from suede to cross-grain leather, smooth calf leather to eye-catching croc-effect styles.

If you’re paying luxury prices, make sure you’re getting a luxury material. The label should have detailed information about the leather’s provenance so you know it’s both high-quality and sustainably sourced. 

The brand should also provide care instructions, with the details depending on the type of leather you’ve bought. If you’re spending this much on a pair of loafers, you need to feel confident they’ll last.

Craftsmanship

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The best luxury loafer brands not only pride themselves on their craftsmanship, they’ll tell you all about it. At length. That’s a good thing of course.

Expect handmade shoes, built methodically using techniques passed down through the generations. Made-in-Italy and made-in-England shoemakers will often boast Goodyear-welted construction, hand-stitching and full internal leather linings. All of which ensure maximum longevity for your loafers.

Brand cachet

Duke and Dexter

Wearing a pair of Gucci loafers is a near-textbook definition of statement dressing, but a lot of loafer styles are not overtly branded. Some of the names on the list below, however, produce loafers with distinctive monogram prints that demand to be seen.

Others are so obviously well-made that they will send out stealth wealth signals , which practically guarantees you’ll be asked about them often. In a lot of ways this is even better.

Penny loafers, horsebit loafers, fringe and tassel loafers – that is the question. The penny style is the most reserved, elegant and wearable. The others offer three variations of ostentatious footwear.

The tassel, the fringe and the horsebit are completely functionless. Their only purpose is to mark you out as a dandy. Dual-color penny loafers are also trending right now , the leather panels usually split into white and one other color. It’s a more casual style that works well with wide-legged pants and a Cuban collar shirt.

One final mention: slipper-style loafers are also an option . They come backless or with sheepskin linings and look like they’re designed for men who wear jacquard monogrammed smoking jackets around their mansions. But they’re there if you want them.

Men’s luxury loafer brands that are worth the money

Offering a comprehensive range of penny, tassel and horsebit loafers, Italian label Velasca does made-in-Italy menswear at cheaper prices than most. It sells direct to the consumer, cutting out the middlemen and unseen costs.

The company was only founded in 2013 but the style is classic: elegant and effortless as only the Italians know how . Look for chocolate-brown suede pennies for everyday wear or super-soft and super-shiny tassel loafers to make your tuxedo a little more playful.

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Mediterranean luxury at a fair and accessible price is the MO at Aurelien. It boasts a whopping collection of summer-friendly loafers, crafted not just from soft suede but linen, too.

The focus on high-quality natural materials extends to bamboo linings and rubber soles inspired by deck shoes. These are elegant shoes made for jetties and jet-set lifestyles, but they’re practical too. 

In terms of style, the Mediterranean theme continues with stripped-back, lighter tones that pair perfectly with chinos and shorts alike.

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The original and, some would say, the best luxury loafer brand, Gucci needs no introduction. The label’s famous loafers seamlessly blend both old-school glamour Gucci and envelope-pushing experimentalist Gucci.

It’s the signature horsebit loafers that everybody thinks of first, and fair enough. The style celebrated its 70th birthday in 2023 and it comes in an astonishing array of options. But the label also does tassels, buckles, monogram prints and modern maximalist loafers, too.

Minimalism is about the only thing Gucci doesn’t do.

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Founded in the mid-1800s, Bally is one of the world’s OG luxury shoe brands . Its focus on craft and refinement extends to this day, with a loafer collection that oozes sophistication.

The Swiss label does luxury loafers in practically every style, with a distinctive low profile and dependably excellent hides. Choose from gross-grain deer leather, smooth goat leather and more – even a pair of actual silk slippers if you’ve got the ankles for them.

Celine Homme

French luxury label Celine has roots in midcentury elegance, so it’s little wonder the brand does a distinctive line of loafers.

Currently under the creative direction of a menswear uber-influencer, the designer Hedi Slimane, you can see his stamp in the label’s slip-on collection, with chunky commando soles and 70s-style loafers with gold link chains where a horsebit detail might usually sit.

Proof that even a leather slip-on can be rock ‘n’ roll.

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Like a lot of historic luxury labels , Prada today swings between classic designs that honor its century-long history, and avant-garde fashion statements that prove it’s still pushing boundaries.

Its collection of luxury loafers is a case in point. In one corner you have classic black penny styles in brushed leather. In the other, you’ll find loafers in the label’s bold Monolith line, referencing sci-fi and cyberpunk with platform commando soles and an all-white design. Both, in their own way, are very, very Prada.

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By their own admission, loafers are the most casual shoe to get the Goodyear-welted treatment at historic British shoemaker Crockett & Jones. They’re still fabulously well-made, of course, with the brand’s craftsmanship passed down since the 1800s.

It’s also a company that likes its loafers: there are dozens of styles to pick from and as well as choosing between suede or leather, penny or tassel, you can also read up on the shoes’ lasts – the foot-shape models that shoemakers use to determine the silhouette and proportions of their shoes.

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It’s a name that’s synonymous with luxury leather goods , so of course Hermes does a line of excellent loafers. It’s another classic-but-baller brand, with proud logos emblems and design touches adorning its range. Who needs a horsebit loafer when you can have one with a chunky metallic buckle or a braided leather cord instead?

The leathers really are superlative, from grained calfskin to brushed suede goatskin that you could wrap a newborn in. And style-wise, the label is a little bit throwback with 70s-referencing narrow styles alongside more traditional loafers.

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One of the pioneering Scandi labels that pushed minimalistic menswear in the last 15 years, Our Legacy has been tiptoeing into more grungy territory in recent seasons.

Its loafers are a telltale sign of the design direction. Even on standard all-black designs, you’ll find maximalist touches like fringed tongues, chunky fringes and stacked heels.

Made with Goodyear-welted Vibram soles, they’re also as practical as they are eye-catching.

One of the most acclaimed made-in-England shoemakers, Cheaney has operated out of the same Northamptonshire factory since the late 1800s. There, it produces an extensive collection of Goodyear-welted penny loafers, with a classic-leaning collection rounded out with a few tassel styles and suede loafers finished in bold red or green hues.

Traditionally, leather loafers were the ‘smart’ ones and suede loafers were the ‘casual’ ones. Cheaney’s range shows how outdated that is, with both styles made to such exacting standards that you could wear them all (OK, most) with jeans, chinos or tailored trousers.

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For a dark, masculine take on luxury loafers, check out Dior’s offering. The label, under the creative direction of Kim Jones, carries a certain weight, even when we’re talking about dainty slip-on shoes.

Dior loafers are almost all black, stoutly designed with shiny patent leather and embellished with chunky buckles or monogram patterns. Think rock stars and flamboyantly dressed vampires. 

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Statement designs with chunky proportions or a throwback colorway gives Duke and Dexter’s loafers a retro feel, but they couldn’t be much more modern.

You’ll spot the British brand’s footwear adorning many a trendy Londoner’s toes, often worn with open shirts, vests and tailored pants. If the lounge lizard thing is your look, this is the brand for you.

Where else are you going to find loafers adorned with prints from Playboy or illustrations of vipers and scorpions?

Shop now: John Lewis

Few luxury labels are as proudly ostentatious as Versace. The Italian brand is renowned for its in-your-face logos, Medusa emblems and baroque prints. You’ll find all those things on its loafers and slippers, and much more besides.

If you want to turn up wearing slip-ons adorned with crystals arranged in a crocodile-skin pattern, then it’s Versace that you want to visit. 

Dolce and Gabbana

Never knowingly unfabulous, Dolce and Gabbana is another luxury label that eschews conservative loafers for more out-there designs. Patchwork denim loafers? Yes indeed. Chunky loafers with commando loafers and gigantic buckles? Certainly. Satin embroidered slippers? But of course.

The Italian label is proud of its peacocking style. As long as you’re not going for subtlety, you’ll find something for you.

Grenson mixes traditional craft and a contemporary approach to design that makes its loafers a little more modern than some of the other Northamptonshire shoemakers.

So alongside the timeless penny styles in black leather or brown suede, you’ll find trendy styles that introduce a commando sole or two-tone colorway.

You can still expect handcrafted finishing and Goodyear-welted construction, too.

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Church’s

Traditional, meticulous and very, very handsome, Church’s shoes are renowned the world over. The loafer collection is uncomplicated: city-slicker penny styles that bridge the gap between work and leisure.

Goodyear construction comes as standard but you’ll find modern touches, like rubber soles designed to keep you comfortable on your feet .

It’s part of the Prada Group today, but Church’s history dates back to 1870s Northamptonshire, from where the brand’s know-how and DNA were passed down.

One of the brands that can genuinely lay claim to creating the first loafers, G.H.Bass has produced its famous Weejuns loafers since 1936. Adapted from a type of Norwegian farm shoe, the Weejun became a staple of American college style and preppy uniforms.

Today, the styles take in dozens of variations and not just in the color of the leather and suede. You’ll find zebra prints, vegan leathers, collaborations with myriad other labels and more. A bona fide icon of menswear.

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Tod’s

It’s most famous for its driving shoes , but Tod’s loafers have a lot in common with its signature style. There’s sartorial Italian elegance in every fiber of its shoes: fairly minimalist in design but eye-catching nonetheless.

The loafer collection is huge: at the time of writing the label was selling 61 varieties, from jute-soled suede pennies to chunky styles on stacked soles. Somewhere in the middle is Tod’s bread and butter – classic, narrow loafers that make you feel like Marcello Mastroianni, even if you’re just heading to the office.

If affordable luxury is what you need, Loake is one of the most accessible brands in the stable of historic Northamptonshire shoemakers.

Smart-casual, collegiate penny loafers make up a sizeable portion of the offering, although Loake also does more dandy styles, including suede tassel styles.

Despite the affordable price tags, you’re still getting handmade shoes, Goodyear-welted construction and first-rate aftercare. Like a lot of the Northamptonshire set, the brand’s repair service will ensure your loafers are timeless in more ways than one.

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Loro Piana’s ‘Summer Walk’ loafers are designed for comfort, and still look polished enough for the office.

Handcrafted in Italy from supple suede, they’re treated with a water-repellent finish and have contoured rubber soles inspired by classic boat shoes.

Classy must-have shoes has a fine round touch and a subtle shine giving the shoes a stylish appearance.

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Moscow, the loafer's way: Soaking in Russian culture in the city's pubs, flea markets and metro stations

A trip to a fine chinaware store, a Georgian restuarant and candid conversations with locals — the best of Moscow is lurking in corners where the first-time traveler would not look

Moscow is not a city to visit only once; one is drawn to it again and again. Unlike the great capitals of Europe, such as Paris and Prague, it is not teeming with tourists and the people one sees on the streets are mainly locals. On one’s first visit, it is best to get over with the sights like the Kremlin Armoury Museum with its Fabergé eggs, St Basil’s Cathedral and its onion domes, and the works in the old and new Tretyakov Galleries, from the icons of Andrei Rublev to the modernist masterpieces of Kandinsky and Malevich.

From the second visit onward, what one should do in Moscow is to simply loaf about.

The best thing about Moscow is its Metro system, and it is inexpensive. I had always presumed that public transport would be affordable everywhere until I visited London and Paris; you really have to think before travelling on the metro. In London, the benevolent Jamaican at the ticket booth actually advised me to do some thinking (“ You sure you want this, man? Think about it. ”), but in Moscow you can do a single trip of any distance, even changing trains for RUB 55 (about Rs 60). Catching a train is no issue, since there is one on each route every half minute, and there is usually sitting place (except during peak hours). Some of the stations are decorated magnificently with statues and art, well worth an excursion on their own.

Once you’ve got tourist attractions out of the way, the remaining activities are mainly eating, drinking and walking around. The best place to hang out in Moscow is in the city centre in the vicinity of the Kremlin or near about Arbat Street. This part of Moscow is expensive to stay in and it’s cheaper to stay in the outskirts close to a metro station. The first time I was in Moscow, it was with a friend and we stayed close to the metro station Botanichesky Sad. We had been warned not to stay out late at night, which meant that we had dinner at the hotel. The restaurant was deserted but two inebriated Russians sitting at the next table wanted us to ‘drink Russian Vodka’ – and go on drinking it! To make matters more alarming they were off-duty policemen and I made the error, when the uncertain conversation commenced, of bringing the subject around to cinema. Denis, the younger of the two, said  Avatar  was the best film he had ever seen and I foolishly responded by naming the Russian film Cargo 200 as my own favourite. This made Denis wild with fury and I recollected with horror that the protagonist of that film had been a murderous policeman! I can honestly say that we escaped with only a group picture inflicted on us because of the other man Evgeny, who was peaceable and also more sober.

This time in Moscow I was on a work trip and was therefore put up at a more expensive hotel in the city centre. Patriarch Ponds – where Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita (1940) begins, was only a stone’s throw away. It being spring, pieces of ice were still floating but the ducks were swimming about and being fed. When I was returning to the hotel, a Muscovite stopped me to ask where I was from. From there on, we got taking about the pros and cons of being Russian, how they were different from Europeans, and so on; his name was Vladimir and he lived in an apartment on the other side of the road. He also asked if I was Jewish and I learned later that it could have been on account of my nose.

Being approached by people is a fairly common experience in Russia, and in St Petersburg a complete stranger once stopped us and wanted a translation of some old Hindi songs into English. The man was apparently an unemployed ship building engineer, earning his livelihood giving English lessons. He had a quaint way of speaking and prefixed every sentence with ‘My esteemed friends and honourable colleagues’. Since he had time on his hands, he volunteered to escort us to the apartment once occupied by Dostoyevsky. He had bought a daily metro pass and could afford to accompany us indefinitely without having to buy tickets.

Vodka and beer are cheap if bought in a shop (a bottle of good vodka might cost as little as RUB 300) but more expensive in an average restaurant – especially in the city centre, but it would still add up only to the cost in India in a fairly upmarket restaurant. In a pub I walked into in Moscow the man at the counter said ‘three thousand’ for a glass of stout and then corrected it to ‘three hundred’ after the resulting laughter. Russians smoke an enormous amount and evidence could be seen on the pavement outside. A short distance from the pub (and on Tverskaya Street) is a small showroom of Imperial Porcelain, the best known manufacturers of fine chinaware in Russia. I stepped inside without an intention of making any purchases, since fine porcelain is prohibitively expensive, but what I saw was much too tempting. This is a strategy shopkeepers can try out: If they are selling exquisite stuff that is also expensive, they should also exhibit smaller objects less dear, alongside. There seems to be some kind of emotional transference operating here — people who can’t afford the expensive stuff end up acquiring the smaller items, as if to compensate. I myself bought a couple of porcelain rabbits.

Shopping in Moscow usually implies the Glávnyj Universáľnyj Magazín (GUM), which faces the Red Square, the main department store where you can get all brands and which also houses a large number of restaurants of various kinds. It was once the official state departmental store but is now apparently in private hands. The Tsentralʹnyĭ Universalʹnyĭ Magazin (TsUm) is a high-end department store meant for apparel and fashion accessories. Arbat Street is another public favourite, since it is a paved walkway meant only for pedestrians. Arbat is a great place for books as well as art and it is where people look for souvenirs like Matryoshka dolls – a series of wooden dolls representing peasant women, one inside the other.

But my own preferences go much lower and I prefer the flea markets, although they are open only on weekends. There are two of them, and the more spectacular of the two is called Market Levsha (established in 1824), 30 kilometres from Moscow, not accessible by metro. You need to take the suburban train from the Leningradsky Railway station to the station of Novopodrezkovo. The flea market is located just beside the railway station and occupies several acres. The Russian government prohibits the export of items older than a hundred years, and you have to be careful about what you buy. In most ‘flea markets’ around the world, wily professionals have stepped in and either the prices are exorbitant (as in Paris) or (as in China) they fool you with fake memorabilia. Getting back from Levsha in a bus can be an experience as I discovered one Sunday. The buses are infrequent and nearly as crowded as a Mumbai suburban train on a working day. The conductor couldn’t even make it through the bus and had to use both doors, and I nearly got stuck in one. Carrying fragile glassware back made the trip doubly worrisome. But rather than getting angry at having my elbow in their faces, the passengers accommodated my bag under a seat; the hour and a quarter back to the Moscow metro was not unbearable, though I was twisted into helical shape.

The other flea market is not nearly as good as Levsha, but it is easily reached. Izmailovsky market is within walking distance of the Partizanskaya metro. It is organised around a kitschy castle popularly called the Izmailovsky Kremlin, and the flea market is open from around 9 am on weekends. Rather than say what can be found in a Russian flea market, it is easier to say what can’t be since the contents of the stalls are so varied and indescribable. But the key thing is that they are not tourist traps but genuinely convey a sense of Russian households in the past century or more. I got an icon of the Madonna and the infant Jesus at Izmailovsky market that must be several decades old. Being rather sticky and smelling of some kind of oil, I tried to clean it with Russian vodka but the stickiness would not go. When I checked it out on Google, I discovered that icons were traditionally soaked in boiled linseed oil to protect them; sticky is how the icon of the Madonna and the infant Jesus has hence remained.

On my last night in Moscow, my Russian friend Eugene took me to a Georgian restaurant located in a basement close to the Red Square named ‘Khinkalnaya’. Russia food is good, but Georgian food is among the best. Georgians also drink a kind of grape vodka – distilled from the grape residue after making wine - called ‘ chacha ’ that does not taste like spirit the way vodka does, but has a distinctive flavour. Eugene also introduced me to red bean soup and Khinkali dumplings. On my next trip to Moscow, I’ll be sure to visit it again.

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Natural Hazards and Risk Research in Russia pp 345–361 Cite as

The History of Slope Evolution – Primary Cause of its Modern Instability (by Example of the “Vorobyovy Gory” Landslide, Moscow)

• Olga S. Barykina 4 ,
• Oleg V. Zerkal 4 ,
• Eugene N. Samarin 4 &
• Irina P. Gvozdeva 4  
• First Online: 15 July 2018

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Landslide processes on the Moscow city territory have been studied more than a hundred years. The study area is located in the central part of the Vorobyovy Gory, covering the area from the Moscow observation deck to the Moscow metro bridge. The length of the visually defined landslides is up to several hundred meters, and the visible width along the axial part of the landslide is more than 300 m. The volume of soil involved in the landslide deformation is estimated as 2 million m 3 . The surface slope, the elevation of which reaches 60–70 m, has a typical landslide terrain. The deposits of Carboniferous, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Quaternary systems are presented in structure section.

This paper deals with the nature, mechanism, and spatial distribution of landslide processes on the Vorobyovy Gory in Moscow, based on new factual data with the consideration of the regional geological history.

This material made it possible to draw the following conclusions. Firstly, the area involved in landslide processes on the Vorobyovy Gory is characterized by larger values in terms of area and depth than it previously assumed. In the head part, where the displacement zone is located at the depths of 80–100 m, the deformations, confined to the lower part of the Jurassic deposits, have a block character. Secondly, we can talk about a combined mechanism of the development of large-scale landslide massif “Vorobyovy Gory”, including plastic flow with the forming of shaft bulging, crash with throwing, block offsets, and other types of deformations. Both primary and secondary displacements can be distinguished in this landslide massif.

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Barykina, O.S., Zerkal, O.V., Samarin, E.N., Gvozdeva, I.P. (2019). The History of Slope Evolution – Primary Cause of its Modern Instability (by Example of the “Vorobyovy Gory” Landslide, Moscow). In: Svalova, V. (eds) Natural Hazards and Risk Research in Russia. Innovation and Discovery in Russian Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91833-4_24

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