Elevator shoes by Don's

We are participating in a French fair on Dec 12-15th 2019 and so to show off our skills we have made a French flag wholecut pair of shoes. I showed them to the French Ambassador and suggested to wear them with a match flench flag suit. He was not impressed with the comment and walked on... oh well!                                            Sometimes you just need to make something for fun                                                        I am very happy with the out come.                                                                         ...

            We have moved to a new factory, It's quite a unique space, So we create a video to give a quick tour around. Here you can see my wife Bee for the first time. 

I regretted not creating an entry for the shoemaking championships last year. I managed to read up about the competition in plenty of time but decided not to proceed, I then went through the feeling of disappointment of missing out. In 2018 there were 45 shoemakers that registered for the competition and 30 black oxfords entrants arrived with 5 more being late. During the event, the top 10 shoes were announced and the top three received a cash prize and then toured the world of high-end shoe shops and tailoring stores. Our Competitor So, This year the call was to make a brown wingtip oxford with a full leather sole. We started in January by creating a new last for the event then in Febuary we started the actual shoemaking by used Barker'srs outsole and creating a heel block and welt from barkers leathers. For the upper we used a semi-aniline leather from AACRACKIN from England and we then source our own British racing green linings locally. We made our own Shoe las...

Due to new Landlords at our building having there own ideas of what to do with their own space we have had to move out. We decided to leave 2 months early to give us time to focus on what to do next. For the time being we were going to just take on bespoke order from our factory. The fact is it's only myself working on the wooden shoe lasts and being the owner I also have many other tasks to take on. I have now realized that I can only make 2 per week. This is the location for our factory. We have been here for many years however it looks like we will be on the move again soon https://www.google.com/maps/@13.6886322,100.6703436,15z Cheers Don

Hi. I am Allan Donnelly, I am the owner of Don's Footwear, I operate and run a shoe factory of 10 Shoe Makers, My main job in the factory is to design and cut patterns for new styles and work planning,  these past 2 years I have also been shoe lasts.  My Team is my wife and her assistant then we have 3 Upper makers ( Clickers), 5 lasting men and one talented finishing man that applied the creams and burnishes the shoes. We are one of the very few shoemakers in the world that still make Hand-Welted shoes. Its a very slow process.  We also make full bespoke from time to time. Online we are in our element as we are the world best at Height increasing shoes, known in the U.S.A as elevator shoes.  Below you will see all our reviews from the last 2 years. I often gather these reviews and post to a page deep within the Don website but from time to time I like to share on the blog also. ------ 7th Jan 209 Dear Allen I received my shoes today ...