WHY WE SAY OUR SHOES ARE HANDMADE
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Last week we were in India for a few days in preparation for production of our SS2010 collection, which is going on now.
Soon we will be posting inspirational mood-boards, sketches and some pictures to give you a hint of what is coming.
HAND LASTING OF ONE OF OUR SPRING BOOT SANDAL DESIGNS
While in India we took some pictures at one of our main suppliers, ORBIT. This small factory has been really supportive of our brand and has been improving the quality of the products they make for us all the time.
We wanted to show you what we mean when we say that our shoes are completely handmade. What do we mean with this?
Well… nowadays most of the shoes get made as follows:
The different patterns of leather get sewn together and then they get mounted on top of a plastic or wooden shape called a “last”. This process tends to happen mainly by machine nowadays.
Our shoes are still hand-lasted. The small size factories that we use are doing all this process by hand, and this is what in a way make our products special. See pictures in the gallery bellow.
Some of these small factories that we work with are now starting to invest in machines for lasting as they get more and more orders from different companies. India is a booming place for shoe making, because of the raw materials available like leather, and the quality. And we are so often visiting India now, that it is becoming like our second home.
We would like to keep the hand made look.
