Our involvement in the design process

We work personally in Guatemala, going to textile markets, selecting favourite embroidered blouses, trialling various shoe styles each season while we are there for a few months, testing the samples by wearing them and perfecting them with our amazing shoe maker family.

We have the ideas and they have the generations of skills and we all communicate in Spanish. It's a match made in heaven and everyone is happy with the results- for us; a very unique, sustainable and ethnic product and for the family; sustainable work all year round!

Buying the antique blouses that we use for the shoes....

Choosing which blouses for cowboy boots and which for our cloth shoes...

A mama in the market looking after our baby Azul x

Sorting our which blouses are best for guys shoes and girls and unisex.......

More textile treasures in Chichicastegno......

Time for a hot cup of atole (sweet maize corn drink) after a big day.......