A shoe is not a garment. We develop both.
Footwear has its own vocabulary — lasts, soles, uppers, tooling — and most apparel houses quietly outsource it. We take sneakers, sandals, performance and luxury footwear, bags and small leather goods from concept validation through factory-ready specification.
From idea to a spec a factory can build.
The stages below are what separates a mood board from a purchase order.
Concept validation
Is the shoe buildable at your price point? We pressure-test the design, materials and target retail before you spend on tooling.
Last & sole development
The last defines the fit; the sole defines the cost. Both are developed and approved before uppers are patterned.
Materials & hardware
Leathers, textiles, foams, eyelets, zips and trims sourced and costed against the retail price you need to hit.
Factory-ready specification
A complete technical package any competent factory can quote and build — ours or yours. The IP stays with you.
Four kinds of footwear, two kinds of goods.
Each category carries different tooling, testing and margins — we tell you which yours is, and what that means for cost, before development begins.
Bring the shoe in your head.
One free hour tells you whether the concept holds, what tooling it needs, and what development will cost.