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Heritage

Giuliano Galiano · Est. 1925

Heritage

A family of Italian shoemakers, and the luxury sneaker that carries its name.

The Galiano team reviewing sneakers and designs around a workshop table

Some things are learned. Others are handed down.

For the Galiano family, shoemaking has always been the second kind: a craft passed from one generation to the next since 1925, and carried today into every pair that bears the name Giuliano Galiano.

1925
The family workshop opens
Made in Italy
By Italian artisans
Hand-cut
Real leathers, one of a kind
A senior artisan in a white coat shaping a shoe at a workshop machine

Our story

A century, in four chapters.

Chapter I1925

The workshop

The story begins in southern Italy, where Giuliano’s grandfather opens his own shoemaking workshop. A family trade, practised by hand.

Chapter IILegacy

From hand to hand

The craft passes down through the family, from one pair of hands to the next. Each generation keeps what matters and adds something of its own.

Chapter IIIThe name

Giuliano Galiano

The grandson brings the family craft into a new language: the luxury sneaker. Every stage, from design to production, stays in Italy, in the hands of Italian artisans.

Chapter IVToday

Worn around the world

From stages to stadiums, Galiano sneakers are worn by artists and athletes across the globe, and made in limited quantities so every pair stays special.

The workshop floor in black and white, with rows of machines and shoe lasts
The workshop floor

Made in Italy

Inside the workshop.

Design, cutting, stitching, finishing. Every step happens in Italy, where experience is still measured in the hands.

An artisan finishing a shoe at the workbench
Finishing by hand
An artisan in a white coat stitching an upper at the sewing machine
Years of know-how
An artisan stitching a white and animal-print upper at the sewing machine
Stitching the upper
Thread spools on a sewing machine, with an artisan stitching an upper behind them
Thread and needle
Gloved hands applying glue to a white leather sneaker, jars of adhesive in the foreground
Assembly
An artisan in blue overalls at work among the machines of the workshop
Among the machines
A long view of the workshop hall, an artisan in a white coat walking between the workbenches
Where every pair begins

The craft

The hand, the hide, the finish.

An artisan's hands hammering leather on a worn workbench
01 — The hand

Every pair passes through the hands of Italian artisans before it reaches yours.

Hands guiding white python-embossed leather with red snakeskin under a cutting press
02 — The hide

Real leathers, cut by hand. Croc- and python-embossed hides vary naturally, so no two pairs are ever quite alike.

Hands trimming the edge of an animal-print leather upper
03 — The finish

Polished leather, clean lines and considered details: the last touches that make a shoe a Galiano.

Limited editions

Made for a few.

Some pairs are created for the artists who wear them. Nemesis editions made for Ozuna and Jason Derulo take the family craft from the workshop to the stage.

Nemesis White Red sneakers, limited edition for Ozuna, on red velvet
Nemesis White · RedLimited for Ozuna →
Nemesis Black sneakers, limited edition for Jason Derulo, on red velvet
Nemesis BlackLimited for Jason Derulo →

Worn worldwide

Chosen by artists and athletes.

Discover the celebrities
  • French Montana
  • Rick Ross
  • 50 Cent
  • Snoop Dogg
  • Bad Bunny
  • Maluma
  • Ozuna
  • Anuel AA
  • Neymar Jr.
  • Conor McGregor
  • Chris Brown
  • Nas
  • Jason Derulo
  • Myke Towers
  • Sebastian Yatra
  • Il Volo

The film

The Heritage film.

A closer look at the world of Galiano and the craft behind every collection.

The black Giuliano Galiano box with its red interior

From our family to yours

A century of craft, in your hands.

Find the pair that carries our story forward.

The Galiano family has passed through three generations

before Giuliano Galiano, the young businessman who has created one of the most luxury lines of sneakers, that are appreciated and renowned all over the world. Family tradition that has its roots since 1925 from Giuliano’s grandfather, the first one to create refined handmade shoes in his workshop in southern Italy, thanks to a vocation for the footwear industry. His iconic sneakers, unique in their genre, are the symbol of the Made in Italy excellence. 

The production process, from design to final realization, is entirely Made in Italy

working with the best industry professionals. Italian design, created and developed by Giuliano Galiano, Italian craftsmen, Italian talent and creativity.

Each sneaker is a piece of art,

 it’s the purest form of creativity that becomes a symbol of modernity thanks to the skilled hands of Italian shoemakers who make every single shoe in order to create an absolutely unique piece.

The raw materials are chosen with a very accurate selection process,

which selects only the most excellent materials.

The leather comes from Florence, known as the best district in the world in terms of leather.

For some of the most exclusive sneakers we use also crocodile and python leather, coming from the world’s best suppliers.

The manufacturing and realization process lasts, for each pair, from three to four hours.

Each detail, from the binding to the cutting of the upper, is entirely handmade. The production and realization process is handmade by very qualified Italian craftsman with more than 30 years experience.

The attention to detail is the symbol of style, each item is a true work of art.

Giuliano Galiano follows personally each step of the sneakers production in order to guarantee that each product is absolutely unique.

The brand is admired all over the world. 

Giuliano Galiano sneakers are also loved by international rappers such as Rick Ross, French Montana and by the most important sportsmen. A Giuliano Galiano sneaker is not just a shoe, is a piece of art to wear.