Coronavirus, in Romania calzolaio inventa scarpe per favorire distanziamento sociale. FOTO

L’artigiano Grigore Lup, nel suo laboratorio nella città di Cluj Napoca, ha creato dei particolari modelli di calzature che dovrebbero servire per limitare la vicinanza tra le persone. Ogni scarpa è lunga circa 50 centimetri e ora l’uomo sta ricevendo ordini da tutto il mondo

epa08466345 Three pairs of social-distancing shoes, and on the right side a normal sized shoe for comparison, made by Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup are presented at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 kms north-west of Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural leather, hand tools plus his 39 years professional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world. Most of his customers are confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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Un calzolaio in Romania ha creato le scarpe per il distanziamento sociale, un modo per tenere le distanze tra le persone ed evitare contagi da coronavirus

Le sfilate e gli eventi di moda rimandati o annullati

epa08466342 Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup displays a pair of men's social-distancing shoes he invented during the Coronavirus pandemic, at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 kms north-west of Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural leather, hand tools plus his 39 years professional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world. Most of his customers are confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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Il calzolaio Grigore Lup è l’ideatore di questo nuovo capo di vestiario, creato durante la pandemia di coronavirus nel suo laboratorio, nella città di Cluj Napoca, a 500 km a nord-ovest di Bucarest, in Romania

Tutti gli aggiornamenti live sul coronavirus

epa08466341 A men's social-distancing shoe (up) aside a normal sized shoe (down) by Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup is presented during the Coronavirus pandemic, at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 kms north-west of Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural leather, hand tools plus his 39 years professional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world. Most of his customers are confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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Lup, 55 anni, ha inventato le scarpe nel tentativo di salvare la sua piccola impresa nel bel mezzo della crisi economica causata dal Covid-19

Le novità sulle riaperture tra Paesi in Europa

epa08466339 Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup presents a unusual women's long shoe he invented during the Coronavirus pandemic, at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 kms north-west of Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural leather, hand tools plus his 39 years professional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world. Most of his customers are confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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Il calzolaio produce a mano ogni paio di scarpe. Ciascun esemplare è lungo circa 50 centimetri, che equivalgono a un "numero 75", come misura

Le tappe del contagio globale

epa08466338 Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup poses while wearing a pair of men's social-distancing shoes he invented during the Coronavirus pandemic, at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 kms north-west of Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural leather, hand tools plus his 39 years professional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world. Most of his customers are confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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Lup utilizza pelle naturale e utensili a mano, grazie alla sua esperienza professionale lunga 39 anni

epa08466340 Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup poses while wearing a pair of men's social-distancing shoes he invented during the Coronavirus pandemic, at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 kms north-west of Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural leather, hand tools plus his 39 years professional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world. Most of his customers are confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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Dopo aver ricevuto l'attenzione dei media locali, l’uomo ha iniziato a ricevere ordini da tutto il mondo

epa08466351 Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup works on a pair of unusual women's long shoes at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 kms north-west of Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural leather, hand tools plus his 39 years professional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world. Most of his customers are confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the Covid-19 pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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La maggior parte dei suoi clienti ha rivelato di voler indossare le sue creazioni per strada o in occasioni speciali

epa08466347 Romanian shoemaker Grigore Lup, presents a pair of unusual women's long shoes he invented during the coronavirus pandemic, at his workshop, in Cluj Napoca city, 500 Km North-West from Bucharest, Romania, 04 June 2020 (issued 05 June 2020). Lup, 55, invented the social distancing shoes in a bid to save his small business in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The shoemaker is manufacturing by hand each pair of social distancing shoes, measuring 75 centimeters, using the best natural lether , hand tools plus his 39 years proffesional experience. After receiving attention from the local media, he began to receive orders from around the world, most of his customers confessing that they want to wear his creations on the street or at special occasions. The master shoemaker, who managed to survive the global financial crisis of 2008 by moving from normal shoes to the production of footwear for dance companies and theaters, turned the disadvantage of the covid pandemic in his favor, producing social distance shoes for both men and women. He is selling a pair of his special shoes for about 100 euros. EPA/Alexandru Pop To go with the story: 'Number 75 shoes to enforce social distance' by Marcel Gascon/EFE

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Il maestro calzolaio, che è riuscito a sopravvivere alla crisi finanziaria globale del 2008 passando dalle normali scarpe alla produzione di calzature per compagnie di danza e teatri, ha cercato di girare a suo favore anche la crisi creata dalla pandemia di Covid-19