Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Peoples Shoe: By the People, for the People

It all started a few years ago when Anton Brandt, creator of The People's Shoe was living in Shanghai, China.  Outside his brick lane home Brandt would often mingle with local workers who would spend their day paving or digging in the nearby area.  As friendships formed stories, and styles, were often swapped and the workers shoes became a staple for Brandt.

Though unintentional, interest in the shoes grew as they went with Anton around the world.  Friends asked where they came from, and where they could buy them, "I would tell the story of how they were Chinese workers shoes, and eventually I had hundreds of people asking me to ship them," says Brandt.  "From that, The People's Shoe was born."

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