Silvio Ruffato started the Parigina factory in Brunswick in the mid-1960s; Peter Parkinson bought it when Silvio retired in 1987, and his son Brad runs it now — third generation, three shoemakers, patterns unchanged for thirty years. Shoes are hand-lasted and hand-finished from a library of over 200 leathers, with lasts altered to fit awkward feet. One of the last formal shoemakers manufacturing in Australia. They repair, too.
Address checked against the operator’s own website, 20 September 2026.
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