Sapucaia Leopard Print Calf Hair Ankle Boots – 8.4cm Wooden Heel
The Sapucaia is not printed leather. It is genuine calf hair, and that is the whole difference: the short natural coat catches the light and moves with it, so the leopard markings have a depth that a flat print never reaches. Look closely and you can see the grain of the hair running across the spots.
The second signature is the heel. Rather than a standard block, the Sapucaia sits on an 8.4cm cylinder turned from dark walnut, with the grain of the wood left visible. Against the caramel and black of the coat, that deep brown cylinder is what turns a statement boot into a designed one. The toe is long and finely pointed, and a gold zip runs down the inner side.
Leopard reads as a neutral more often than people expect. It sits comfortably with cream, camel, chocolate and black, and it does the work of an accessory without adding anything else to the outfit. Keep the rest plain and let the boots speak.
Size & fit: please read before ordering
Made on a French last, cut slim and precise. If your feet are slim to average, order your usual size. If they're wider, we'd suggest sizing up.
The long pointed toe uses up length that a rounded shape would leave free, so if you are between sizes, take the larger one. If you are unsure, write to us at info@mangara.be before you order. It is faster than a return.
Details
- Upper: genuine calf hair, leopard print in caramel and black
- Toe: long and finely pointed
- Heel: 8.4cm cylindrical heel turned from dark walnut
- Closure: gold inner zip
- Lining: synthetic
- Sole: rubber
- Handcrafted in Brazil by Mangará Atelier
Designed and signed by Patricia Cossettin, produced in small runs with leather from Leather Working Group certified suppliers.
Rather wonderfully, you’re buying directly from our brand partners: a lovely bunch of independent makers who pack and post every order themselves, from their own workshops, with tracking.
Each one sets its own postage, shown before you pay, and looks after any duties in its own way. Order from three brands and three parcels will arrive, which we prefer to think of as a birthday that lasts most of the week.
Within the UK: 2 to 5 business days
From further afield: 7 to 14 days, and frequently rather quicker
Returns go straight back to the brand that sent them, who will be delighted to help. As, frankly, will we.
Fourteen days from delivery to tell us you’ve changed your mind, and fourteen more to get it on its way back. No reason required, and we certainly won’t ask for one.
Do open it and try it on. Handle it as you would in a shop and we won’t quibble. Handle it as you would a rental car and we may deduct something for the difference.
Return postage is yours to pay, because the brand at the other end is a workshop rather than a warehouse. Some brands kindly cover it themselves, and if yours does, you won’t be charged. Whatever you paid us to send it out, we refund either way, and the money goes back the way it came within fourteen days of the parcel reaching the brand, or of you showing us proof of postage, whichever comes first.
A few things are made to stay with you: anything made or personalised to your order, sealed beauty products once the seal is broken, and anything perishable.
If something arrives damaged, faulty or not quite as described, none of the above applies. It costs you nothing, and we’ll sort it.
Simply email mail@brixbailey.com and we’ll guide you through it.
Lovingly packed and posted by Mangará Atelier themselves, with tracking. Each brand sends its own parcel, with postage shown before you pay. Changed your mind? Fourteen days, no reason required, and returns go straight back to Mangará Atelier, with us on hand to guide you. Delivery & returns
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