Davao City has just become the first city outside Marikina to put up a store devoted exclusively to selling the latter's most famous export -
shoes.
Teodoro said the trainors for the
Shoe Tech School who trained overseas are now ready to teach aspiring shoemakers.
"You want a
shoe that is aesthetically nice to look at but, when you put it on, you want it to feel like part of your foot.
Like Saf-Gard, Michigan Industrial
Shoe and Great Lakes Industrial
Shoe have provided top quality safety footwear to their customers for decades and place a premium on supplying the latest comfort features and safety technologies to ensure customers have the best safety
shoes for their job.
Walkers are heel strikers, so the
shoe needs to flex from heel to toe.
He added that more and more
shoe factories and workshops across the country were now turning to these machines to maximise their profits.
Mr Lewetse said he learnt the craft of
shoe repairing on his own.
In a dusty workshop in Gawalmandi, four cobblers huddle around making handmade
shoes.
Driving
shoes may favour comfort over traditional style, but they're still a great dress
shoe to have on hand when the occasion calls for it.
"Among parents, we're seeing school
shoes taking greater priority over everyday trainers and occasion footwear," says Nicola Williamson, senior designer and product developer at Bobux.
Speaking to Malay Mail, National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) president Kamarozaman Abdul Razak said that there are some schools that are already using black
shoes, particularly in Form Six and boarding schools.
It was too difficult to keep up with -- and it was also difficult for us to splurge on anything because as soon as a little money showed up somewhere, a certain someone was off to the
shoe shop to indulge himself, leaving the rest of the family to manage on what was left after his feet were comfortably enclosed in a new pair of
shoes.
