High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pantofola d'Oro is an Italian manufacturer of football boots, clothing and leisure footwear.The company can trace its roots back to 1886 when the old Lazzarini cobbler's shop was founded in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, although it has only been hand-crafting elite football boots and trainers since the 1950s.During the fifties, Emidio Lazzarini took over the business from his father. Emidio Lazzarini was a wrestler and the shoes he wore when he competed were uncomfortable and unsuitable. Emidio was a born shoemaker, so he decided he would make his own wrestling shoes. These were much softer and more comfortable than the ones he was used to wearing. Word soon spread over Emidio Lazzarini's new wrestling shoes and he began making bespoke shoes for many other wrestlers as well.