Who Makes Moon Boot? The Italian Snow Boot Since 1969

Moon Boot is an Italian footwear house, a division of Tecnica Group S.p.A. in Giavera del Montello near Treviso, known for the insulated nylon snow boot with no left foot and no right foot that Giancarlo Zanatta conceived in 1969. The Moon Boot collection at Coveti runs to 149 pairs across our women’s designer boots, sneakers and slippers, and the Icon Nylon Boots in Black is the original shape at its plainest: a tall, drawstring snow boot in nylon at $320 at Coveti.

The short answer, then. Moon Boot is made by Tecnica Group, the Italian company Giancarlo Zanatta founded in 1969 from his father Oreste’s shoe factory. The house says the idea that year was the first ambidextrous snow boot, a boot that fits either foot, and the shape took its cue from the boots worn on the 1969 Moon landing. Today the range runs well beyond that first boot, into the Icon Low, EVX, LTrack, Combat, Mezzaluna and Moon247 lines, plus slippers and ballerinas.

Who makes Moon Boot

Moon Boot is not a stand-alone company. It is a division of Tecnica Group S.p.A., and the group is based in Giavera del Montello, in the province of Treviso in north-east Italy. The house dates its heritage to 1969, the year Giancarlo Zanatta founded Tecnica from the shoe factory his father Oreste ran. In its own words, the design of Moon Boot has “a heritage rooted since 1969”, and that date is printed across almost everything the house publishes about itself.

Being part of a larger footwear group explains a few things about the range. The boots are made in several countries at once, and one silhouette appears in many materials: the Icon alone comes in nylon, satin, faux fur, fleece, suede, shearling and cow hide. Of the 150 pairs on the house’s European site that we read for this guide, 52 list China as the country of manufacture, 47 Viet Nam, 37 Romania, 13 Albania and one Hungary. The pairs we stock follow the same pattern: the tall Icon is mostly made in Romania and Vietnam, the Icon Low in Romania and Albania, the EVX, LTrack and Mezzaluna in China, and the Moon247 sneakers and Combat boots in Vietnam.

Wikipedia records that production moved to Ukraine in 2011. That line is dated, and none of the product pages we read today names Ukraine, so treat it as history rather than a description of the current range.

The 1969 idea: the first ambidextrous snow boot

The single idea behind the brand is that the boot has no left and no right. The house calls it “the first ambidextrous snow boot”, and the logic is simple. A tall, soft upper drawn closed with a cord around the leg does not need to follow the shape of one foot, so the same boot can go on either side. The laces that cross the front are tubular and decorative: on the Icon, the house says they are not used to tighten the boot. The drawstring does that work.

The look came from the year it was conceived. The house’s product copy and Wikipedia both tie the shape to the 1969 lunar landing and the astronauts’ boots, which explains the puffed nylon upper and the outsized proportions. According to Wikipedia, the boot was first made as après-ski wear in the early 1970s, and Tecnica registered the Moon Boot name worldwide in 1978. Wikipedia flags that last date as needing a citation, so we give it as Wikipedia’s claim, not as settled fact.

The house also says the Moon Boot was displayed at the Louvre among the 100 symbols of 20th-century design, and that it sits in the permanent collections on show at MoMA in New York and at the Milan Triennale. Those are the house’s claims, and we report them as such.

The Icon, piece by piece

Every other line in the range is a variation on the Icon, so it is worth knowing what the house says goes into it. The product pages list it as gender-neutral and ambidextrous, water-repellent and snow-proof, and vegan in its nylon versions. It is a slip-on with a drawstring, a logo-print panel, a PVC heel counter and trim, metal eyelets and those criss-cross tubular laces. Underneath sits a thermoplastic mid sole on a rubber tread sole, which the house describes as lightweight and fitted with suction pads for grip. The boot is insulated.

What changes from one version to the next is the upper. At Coveti the tall Icon comes in plain nylon in black, grey, blue, red, pink, white and burgundy at $320 at Coveti, and from there it climbs through satin, faux fur, fleece, suede and shearling. The Icon Glance Satin Boots in Silver are the metallic take at $370 at Coveti. The Icon Faux-Fur Boots in White swap nylon for a modacrylic pile at $490 at Coveti. At the top sits the Icon Archive 1985 Cow Hide Boots, in bovine hair and cow suede, at $1,050 at Coveti.

The house has also made a point of treating the Icon as an object. For its Making of the Icon project it carved a sculpture of the boot in Paonazzo marble from the quarries above Carrara, weighing 120 kg, with laces in Tuscan leather, and produced a second edition in burned bronze. Both say a lot about how the house sees its own design.

The Moon Boot lines today

The house names its own reboots of the archive: the Icon, the Light Low Nylon, and the Nylon Pumps and Mules. Around those sit a dozen other families. Here is how they break down in the pairs we carry.

Icon and Icon Low

The tall Icon and the ankle-height Icon Low are the core of the range and the largest groups at Coveti, with 31 and 38 pairs. The Icon Low keeps the drawstring, the logo panel and the decorative laces, and cuts the shaft down to the ankle. The Icon Low Nylon Boots in Dusty Pink are $380 at Coveti. The family also includes the Icon Strap, the Icon Yeti Mid, the Icon Low Gaiter, the Icon Low Biker, the Icon Low No Lace Comet, the Icon Glance in satin and the Icon Pearly. Our guide to the Icon, Icon Low and the other boots compares heights, closures and fit side by side.

EVX, LTrack, Combat and Mezzaluna

The EVX family is lower and lighter: boots, mules, pumps and the Fairy, Igloo and Light styles. The EVX Light Low Nylon Boots in Black are one of the house’s named reboots, at $370 at Coveti. LTrack is a separate family of boots, in styles named Sofia, Lara, Tina and Legacy, plus a Low and a faux-fur high boot; the LTrack Lara Boots in Black are $490 at Coveti. The Combat boots are lace-up ankle boots, and Mezzaluna is a slip-on boot, mostly in cow suede.

Sneakers, slippers and ballerinas

Away from the snow, the house makes Moon247 sneakers in XLace and City versions, Moonlight sneakers, Soft, Teddy and Icon slippers, shearling and fleece ballerinas and the Super Sandal. The Moon247 XLace Sneakers in White are $410 at Coveti, and the Teddy Slipper in Beige is $300 at Coveti, the lowest price in our Moon Boot edit.

What the table shows

The table below sets the seven main boot and sneaker lines side by side with the number of pairs we stock, the price range, the sizing system and the house’s own fit advice. Two things stand out. First, the Icon family is where the price spread lives: the Icon Low runs from $380 to $1,520, because the same shape is made in nylon and in cow leather with curly sheep leather. Second, sizing splits cleanly in two. The Icon, Icon Low and EVX are sold in multisize ranges such as 39 to 41 EU, and the house tells you to size up; every other line comes in single EU sizes with its own advice. Our Moon Boot size guide goes through each one.

How we measured: pairs and prices are Coveti list prices for the 149 Moon Boot pairs we added on 1 November 2026. Sizing, fit advice and country of manufacture are copied from the Size and Fit and Materials and Care tabs of each pair on moonboot.com, read the same day. Made in shows the two most common countries per line.

Moon Boot around the world

United States. The US is the largest market for the name by search. Moon Boot draws about 201,000 searches a month there on a 12-month average, rising to around 550,000 in December, and another 22,200 a month for Moon Boots women. US shoppers need to translate the European ranges: a multisize 39 to 41 EU covers US women’s 8 to 9.5, and the house advises sizing up from your usual EU size.

United Kingdom. Around 40,500 monthly searches for the name, with UK sizes printed on the house’s chart. The 39 to 41 EU range covers UK 6 to 7.5, so a UK 5 who follows the house’s advice to size up lands in that range rather than the 35 to 38.

Europe. Demand is highest where the ski season is. Germany averages 90,500 searches a month and peaks around 301,000 in January; Italy sees 49,500 and France 40,500. EU sizing is native here, so the multisize ranges read directly.

The Gulf. Search volume is smaller, about 2,400 a month in the UAE and 1,300 in Saudi Arabia, and the use is different. For many Gulf buyers a Moon Boot is for a trip to the Alps and for après-ski in Courchevel, St. Moritz and the Dolomites, so a pair that packs flat and goes from the slope to dinner matters more than deep snow grip. Our après-ski edit and Dolomites packing guide start there.

Wherever you are, prices at Coveti are shown in US dollars and every pair is authentic; our returns page sets out how returns work. The full range is on the Moon Boot brand page, and if you are shopping for snow more broadly, our guide to designer snow boots sets Moon Boot against five other houses.

Frequently asked questions

Who makes Moon Boot?

Moon Boot is made by Tecnica Group S.p.A., the Italian footwear company Giancarlo Zanatta founded in 1969 from his father Oreste’s shoe factory. Moon Boot is a division of the group, which is based in Giavera del Montello in the province of Treviso. The pairs themselves are made in several countries, mainly China, Vietnam, Romania and Albania.

When was the Moon Boot invented?

The house dates the idea to 1969, when Giancarlo Zanatta conceived the first ambidextrous snow boot, a boot with no left and no right. The shape was inspired by the 1969 Moon landing. According to Wikipedia, it was first made as après-ski wear in the early 1970s, and the name was registered worldwide in 1978.

Why does the Moon Boot have no left and right?

The Icon is a soft, tall upper closed with a drawstring around the leg, so it does not need to follow the shape of one particular foot. That lets the same boot go on either side. The criss-cross laces on the front are decorative: the house says they are not used to tighten the boot.

Is Moon Boot an Italian brand?

Yes. Moon Boot belongs to Tecnica Group S.p.A., which is based in Giavera del Montello near Treviso in north-east Italy, and the brand has been Italian since 1969. Manufacturing is spread across several countries: of the 150 pairs we read on the house’s site, most were made in China, Viet Nam and Romania.

Is the Moon Boot really in museums?

The house says so. According to Moon Boot, the boot was displayed at the Louvre among the 100 symbols of 20th-century design and is part of the permanent exhibition at MoMA in New York and at the Milan Triennale. We have not verified these claims independently, so we report them as the house’s own.

How many Moon Boot styles does Coveti carry?

Coveti carries 149 Moon Boot pairs. The largest groups are the Icon Low with 38 pairs and the tall Icon with 31, followed by 22 EVX styles and 15 each of LTrack and Moon247 sneakers. Prices run from $300 at Coveti for the slippers to $1,520 at Coveti for the Icon Low Biker Boots.