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Shoemaking is the process of making footwear . Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cordwainers (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them [citation needed] ). In the 18th century, dozens or even hundreds [ 1] of masters, journeymen, and apprentices (both men and ...
A pair of geta. Geta ( 下駄) ( pl. geta) [ 1] are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops. A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base elevated with up to three (though commonly two) "teeth", held on the foot with a fabric thong, which keeps the foot raised above the ground.
Birkenstock Holding plc is a German shoe manufacturer known for its sandals and other shoes notable for contoured cork footbeds (soles), made with layers of suede and jute, which conform to the shape of their wearers' feet. Founded in 1774 by Johann Adam Birkenstock and headquartered in Neustadt (Wied), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the ...
Lakai Limited Footwear is an American footwear company based in Torrance, California, that creates shoes designed for and inspired by skateboarding. Lakai was founded in 1999 by the professional skateboarders Mike Carroll and Rick Howard, who co-founded Girl Skateboards .
Famous Footwear is a nationwide chain of retail stores in the United States dealing in branded footwear, generally at prices discounted from manufacturer's suggested prices. The chain is a division of the St. Louis –based Caleres and had more than 1,125 stores in 2010.
Bata Corporation. The Bata Corporation (known as Bata, and in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, known as Baťa, IPA: [ˈbaca]) is a multinational footwear, apparel and fashion accessories manufacturer and retailer of Moravian (Czech) origin, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The corporation is one of the world's leading shoemakers by ...
St. George. 510. Website. www .batashoemuseum .ca. The Bata Shoe Museum ( BSM) is a museum of footwear and calceology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum's building is situated near the northwest of the University of Toronto 's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto. The 3,665-square-metre (39,450 sq ft) museum building was designed by ...
Bespoke shoes or custom shoes are shoes made especially for a certain customer by a shoemaker. [1] The feet are measured and a last for each foot is created. At the fitting, the customer tries the prototype pair of shoes made in an inexpensive leather and the shoemaker checks if anything needs to be changed.