El Naturalista N5262A

These minimalist boots made for anyone who wants to move freely without giving up on style. A barefoot experience with every step thanks to a flexible, lightweight design that adapts to the natural shape of your feet. Because moving mindfully is also a way of travelling further.

The sole is 8 mm soft rubber with a low-lug tread, dependable on wet pavement and on the surface changes of an urban winter. It is joined to the upper with 360º Strobel stitching, an assembly with no rigid structures in between, which is what allows the boot to flex continuously. Above it sits a 4.5 mm removable microfibre insole and a lining of 80% leather and 20% microfibre covering the inside of the shaft and the heel. The upper, in Alpine grass leather, carries two dark elastic side panels that contrast with the petrol and two logo pull tabs. The whole thing weighs less than a boot of this silhouette suggests.

Zero drop: heel and forefoot at the same height, with no incline pushing your weight forward. The soft rubber sole lets ground information through and bends with the foot at every toe-off, offering no resistance across the metatarsals. The Comfort + last frees the toes in the forefoot, which is where the foot needs room to work. This is the minimalist level, not pure barefoot: there is a little more material underfoot so you can walk all day on tarmac without giving it a thought.

True to size across the range, with a comfort last and a wide forefoot: narrow feet will feel room around the toes, which is precisely the intention here. Alpine grass leather gives a little across the instep in the first weeks but does not gain width; the real fit comes from the side elastics and the heel counter. Choose with your winter sock in mind, a medium wool one, since that is what you will wear most of the time.

Features:

• • Shim: Comfort last
  • Closure: Elastic
  • Manufacturing: 360º stitching
  • Exterior material: Calf leather
  • Insoles: Removable microfiber
  • Outsole: Rubber outsole 100%
  • Type of heel: Plane