Forty percent of women’s shoes sold in 2018 were runners, which means these have now become my latest styling ‘weapon of choice’.
Over the summer I developed several different styles and worked through their manufacture with a bespoke leather shoemaker during a recent trip to South Africa. Our final design included runners made exclusively from ostrich leather.
The first sample ‘run’ was very pleasing:
I have started to ‘road test’ the runners back here in Melbourne to assess their durability and workmanship before taking orders. The bright colours have attracted much attention, from both men and women.
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