Q&A with Matthew Chevallard

When Matthew Chevallard couldn’t find affordable, customized, velvet smoking slippers, he did the next best thing and created his own. In 2005, the footwear entrepreneur launched a line of luxurious slipper-shoes, named Del Toro after the Torino football fans of his native Italy. Women’s and children’s shoe collections followed, as well as strategic collaborations with the Walt Disney Company, Mexican-American artist Eduardo Sarabia, and Italian sneaker manufacturer Superga. His classic slippers and sneakers have garnered a loyal fan base of celebrities like basketball star LeBron James and fashion influencer Olivia Palermo. Local shoppers can snag some Del Toros at Grace Boutique on the island and Saks Fifth Avenue in Boca Raton. When not designing, Chevallard, a Miami Beach resident, enjoys playing with his three dogs and spending weekends at his mother’s Palm Beach home.

GO-TO FASHION DESIGNERS Ralph Lauren and Brunello Cucinelli

RECENT COVETED PURCHASE A Katherine Bernhardt painting. Del Toro collaborated with her on a capsule collection for Art Basel 2016.

FAVORITE DEL TORO SHOE The chukka

PALM BEACH HAUNT Palm Beach Grill

SIGNATURE TIPPLE Old Fashioned

GREAT ESCAPES Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan

TELEVISION ADDICTION The Sopranos

ON HIS PLAYLIST Drake and Grateful Dead

SARTORIAL MUSTS Cartier Love and Juste un Clou bracelets

WORTH THE SPLURGE Italian white truffles from Alba

HIDDEN TALENT Cooking

GUILTY PLEASURES Potato chips and sour candy

CRAVABLE BITE Pasta Bolognese at Sant Ambroeus in Palm Beach

A FUN SATURDAY NIGHT Meeting friends for dinner and drinks at Casa Tua in Miami

SUNDAY FUNDAY Taking my dogs at the beach at the end of Seaspray Avenue, near my mother’s home

NEVER LEAVES HOME WITHOUT Bamford Rolex Milgauss Del Toro edition watch

PALM BEACH OBSESSION Shopping on Worth Avenue

NOW READING Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight

WISH LIST Alighiero Boetti’s Mappa, hand-embroidered maps of the world

MOST PRECIOUS MOMENTO A necklace my father gave me before he passed away

WORK UNIFORM Tailored oxford shirt and Dior jeans

IN HIS CARRY-ON A dopp kit, jeans, T-shirts, and a cashmere hoodie

BUCKET LIST Take a month-long vacation to Sardegna, Italy or the Amalfi Coast without answering any emails

HOSTESS OFFERING A nice bottle of Japanese whisky, either Yamazaki or Hibiki

SIGNATURE SCENT Creed Erolfa cologne

SOMETHING SECRET I speak three languages: Italian, Spanish, and English.

FAVORITE SEASONAL ACCESSORY Etro swim trunks

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