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Our factories

Elche has made shoes for a hundred years. Two family-run factories here, eleven minutes apart, make every pair we sell.

The street outside our first factory in Elche, a van loading bundles of uppers

How a pair is made

Four steps, two buildings, about three days from hide to box.

  1. A craftswoman cutting cream leather upper panels with a round knife
    01

    Cut

    Uppers are cut by hand from full hides and recycled knit, a few pairs at a time, so nothing is wasted on the bench.

  2. Two stitchers at their machines beside racks of finished Court 78s
    02

    Stitch

    Four stitchers join every upper in the first factory. The tomato heel tab goes on last, by the same hands.

  3. White foam soles cooling on steel racks beside a sole press
    03

    Mould

    Eleven minutes across town, the second factory presses the foam soles and lets them cool overnight before they are trimmed.

  4. Hands pulling a knit upper over a wooden last with lasting pincers
    04

    Last

    Each upper is pulled over a wooden last and joined to its sole by hand. Court 78 is stitched, never only glued.

Carmen and Javi, the mother and son who run our first factory, in the doorway of the stitching room

Made by a family

We were making shoes for other people's names for thirty years. Now our own name is on the inside of the tongue.

Carmen and Javi run the first factory, where every upper is cut and stitched.

Built to be resoled

Court 78 is stitched to its sole, so when the tread wears through we can take it off and stitch on a new one in the same room it was made in. Send them back, and they come home in about two weeks.

  1. Day 1Send them inAsk for a free label, box them up, drop them at the post office.
  2. Day 4We resole in ElcheThe old sole is cut away and a new one is stitched on by hand.
  3. Day 14Back on your feetCleaned, re-laced and posted home, ready for the next ten years.

$45 a pair, shipping both ways included

How resoling works
A worn Court 78 beside its new sole, ready to be resoled
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