"The first time I slipped my feet into a pair of ViBis, in March 2016, I was at the Palazzo Papadopoli in Venice – the ancestral home of Viola and Vera Arrivabene, the brand’s founders – enjoying an aperitivo," writes @mariashollenbarger. "In loped the twentysomething sisters bearing a basket filled with furlane, the traditional rubber-soled gondoliers’ slippers – usually in velvet – dating to the 18th century, and which the Arrivabenes’ mother, Bianca di Savoia Aosta, had been buying for years on the Rialto Bridge. “We were constantly asked by our friends where they could get them,” says Viola.". As the cult brand @vibivenezia open a new store in Milan, hit the link in bio to read about the iconic Italian slipper.⁠ 📷 ViBi Venezia x Emilia Wickstead⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #VibiVenezia⁠ ⁠