How it started

A dog who would not leave the shoes alone

August 11th, 2025. My life changed.

Miky came home as a puppy and found a house full of shoe boxes. Samples from Italy on the floor, boots on the sofa, a tripod permanently set up in the living room. Most dogs would have chewed something. Miky sat down next to a pair of suede boots and waited to be photographed.

We had been talking for a long time about giving the brand a character. Something warmer than a logo. Something that could carry a story across a season without selling at you in every frame. We tried a few ideas on paper and none of them felt like us.

Then we looked at the pictures from the weekend shoot and he was in every single one of them, uninvited, perfectly placed, watching the shoes. The character had been in the room the whole time. We just had to stop editing him out.

So we gave him a title. Miky is the Shoe Dog. He is not a mascot and he is not a marketing device. He is the dog who happens to live where the shoes live, and he takes the job seriously.

Bring yours

Every one of our boutiques is dog friendly

Miky has made himself comfortable on a velvet bench in more than one of our stores, so it would be difficult for us to turn yours away.

Well behaved dogs are welcome in all nine Michele Lopriore boutiques. There is water at the desk, the floors are kind to paws, and nobody on our team will mind if your dog takes the bench while you try on a boot. Shopping centres occasionally set their own rules at the entrance, so a quick call to the store before you come is never wasted.