Author Archives: Silvia Catarino

  • The origin of Cordoa

    The origin of Cordoa

    A name is a combination of many origins. In the case of Cordoa, its name comes from many cultural and geographical references.

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  • Vegetable Tanning

    Animal leather and sustainability

    At Cordoa, working with calfskin leather is not a fatality but a conscious choice.

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  • Odile Pop-up, in Lisboa

    Cordoa Pop-up shop at loja Odile, in Lisbon

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  • Silvia Catarino Cordoa shoes

    Clipping: APICCAPS

    Interview on the Portuguese Shoes website – APICCAPS

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  • Clipping: NiT

    Interview by Daniel Bento from NiT online magazine.

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  • vegetable tanned leather, vegetable tanned, biodegradeble

    Vegetable tanned leather

    At Cordoa we only used vegetable tanned leather to make our sandals. Vegetable tanning is a leather tanning process with a great artisanal tradition.

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  • slowness

    Slowness

    (…) slowness is a temporal notion that prioritises the journey over the destination. In this world of instant gratification we sometimes forget that speed is not a virtue in itself, nor is it to be confused with success or efficiency or happiness or accomplishment.

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  • Muscari sandals, Cordoa sandals, Desenraizamento, trabalho de artesão

    Rootlessness

    I believe rootlessness is not compatible with an artisan’s work.

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  • Clipping

    Clipping: Observador

    Sílvia Catarino interviewed by Maria Martinho from Observador.

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