A pair of Fifi Venezia Gritti Shoes in blue cotton velvet in a size 37 (US 6.5 according to Fifi Venezia website). They are in excellent preowned condition and show minimal wear, if any. Zoom in for more detail. Cotton velvet loafers with rubber soles handmade in Italy by local Venetian craftsmen. Fifi Venezia is a chic, comfortable, and sophisticated velvet shoe modeled after the traditional Venetian canal pantofola. Handmade and carefully constructed by skilled Italian craftsman, it's firm yet highly flexible sole is inspired from the rubber soles cut from bicycle tires in the early post-war Venice. The style is similar to the Canal, but with a back.