I have an article introducing this then biggest shoe factory in Scotland, the second biggest in the UK, and present my one pair collection of a 90s vintage shoes actually made by Loake. To everyone’s surprise, this brand still exists today, however, so contrary to its name, it is own by an Italian company and
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When you look at the brand name, which country do you guess it belongs to? England may be, Nordic countries are also possible, but sorry, it is Italian! Do you think it is a cheater? No, the company established in 1932. Post Views: 1,742
This is the first time we meet a dress shoe brand from Thailand. There are three collections: Classic, Masterpiece and Italian Goodyear. Classic charges 170 USD, Masterpiece is designed in Italy and made in Thailand for 240 USD. Italian collection uses Italian leathers. So we can confidently say the other two collections use local leather.
A shoe brand based in Guangzhou, China. It used to have a very decent physical shop. More inclined to workwear. Except shoes, leather bags are also covered. Post Views: 3,091
Schonheit is German, however this brand is a Japanese one. The mother company is Touritsu-seika, Established after WWII, it was a shoe component supply company originally, and gradually transformed to shoemaking. In 1962, the shoe company became independent and made private labels for other brands, such as Regal. Its own brand, Schonheit (German, beauty) debuted
In my mind, there may be thousands of Italian shoe factories or workshops, and it could be an illusion or exaggeration. But speaking about heritage, which one has the longest history, I am stucked, maybe Barrett established in 1917? Rivolta objects, with 1883. It was a bespoke atelier in Milan. To the 60s, Rivolta pushed
This is a very strange brand, because its official website is German, and claims the headquarter is in Austria. But nothing more. Such a long name, and it looks not English at all. I searched information everywhere, finally I got it! It is a sub-brand of the Italian brand I introduced, Franceschetti. This brand focuses
A Spanish shoe factory established in 1913, the current owner is the founder’s grandson. It manufactures private labels for many famous brands including Lof & Tung, Sons and Henrey and J.FitzPatrick and many more. The factory released its own brand to the market just like Carlos Santos has done. Price is around 270 euro, good
The business mode is so interesting! A shoe factory founded in 1915 in Northampton, but now it produces shoes in Almansa, Spain. So, a Spain made English shoe brand? Post Views: 1,547
A reader commented this brand from Sweden. In recent ten years, Sweden pushes many classic dress shoe brands to the world, but this one is not among the famous ones, in fact, it is the private label of the biggest shoe select shop in Goteborg, Lester. Post Views: 2,930