01/09/2015

The genuine espadrille

Every summer, the shops are suddenly swamped with them, come the autumn they are spilling out of the bins. The talk here is of espadrilles made in Asia. The cheap products from the Far East can be picked up for just a few pennies almost anywhere in the world. The label Espadrij l'originale is venturing down a very different path, working together with factories in the South of France and Northern Spain, the true home of espadrilles.

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In Spain, the shoes are largely made by hand although the process has been perfected

The workshops look more like a museum than a place of employment

Staeudinger buys the canvas from Spain and the rubber from France

The basic cut of the shoe remains the same despite the diversity of different models. It takes around twenty minutes to complete one pair

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