Steps & Style Blog
Dr Martens: The Iconic Boots with Bouncing Soles
The brand Klaus Märtens was a doctor in the German army during World War II. While on leave in 1945, he injured his ankle but his standard-issue army boots were too uncomfortable on his injured f...
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Kickers: The Iconic Shoe Brand
The brand In 1970, the french Daniel Raufast came across a poster advertising Hair, the musical. Interested by all the barefooted youngsters wearing jeans, he developed a new shoe concept which he ...
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Timberland: The Classic Yellow Boot
The brand In 1952, Nathan Swartz bought half of The Abington Shoe Company and three years later he bought the rest of the shares. Then in 1973, the company changed the name to The Timberland Compan...
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UGG: The Story Behind the Iconic Sheepskin Boot
At 29, Brian Smith decided that a life in Public Accounting was not for him. He quit his job and went to California to look for a new business idea and to surf all the legendary breaks such as Ma...
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Hunter: The Legacy of the Original Green Wellington
The brand Landing on Scottish soil, the American entrepreneur Henry Lee Norris founded the North British Rubber Company, later to be known as Hunter. There he produced boots and other industrial it...
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Veja: The Sustainable Trainers
Reinventing sneakers Sébastien Kopp and François-Ghislain Morillion founded Veja in 2005 and have been making sneakers differently infusing each stage of production with a positive impact. They dec...
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Birkenstock: A Legacy of Comfort and Innovation
The success of Birkenstock is rooted in its commitment to the art of making orthopedically inspired shoes. Over the centuries, it has built up a wealth of unparalleled experience that it has passed...
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Vans: The Most Famous Skate Shoes
In 1944, Paul Van Doren dropped out of intermediate school and he started to work at Randy’s, a shoe manufacturer. Paul eventually became the executive vice president of the company at just 34 year...
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