Grenson Shoes was started by just one man, William Green. He was born in 1835 but his father unfortunately passed away in 1839 when William was only 4 years old. He moved away from his place of birth with his mother soon after and they ended up in Rushden, in Northamptonshire (a county at the heart of the UK shoe manufacturing industry).
In fact it was William’s mother who taught him his trade as he helped her to produce mens boots at home. It was only a cottage-based business but at that time, most shoemaking was still a cottage industry. He continued to help his mother until 1860 when he moved out of home and continued this in his own home until 1866.
The "Archie" brogue is a shop favourite with Steve at the minute, it has been constructed with a triple goodyear welted sole and has slightly larger brogue detailing than that of the "Stanley" brogue.
The philosophy of "Quality First and Customer First" has been at the very heart of Grenson since the shoemakers was founded in 1886 by William Green. Over 120 years later, Grenson still produce some of the finest mens shoes and boots available anywhere in the world and remain relentlessly dedicated to their founding philosophy.
The "William" unlined brogue has been a new edition for our summer range giving you a different option from the smelly old vans everyone wears every summer.
The collection we have in store features formal styles on modern lasts using traditional but updated styling details. Also a contemporary rugged workwear range of `Rushden Welts ` featuring chunky double leather soles and distressed leathers, creating a younger and more casual look.
For the lovers of a classic black shoe, you're on to a winner here, moving away slightly from the pointed "winklepicker" type shoe that was popular last year, men are looking much towards the style of "Don Draper" from mad men....
For the modern day country gent we have the "Sharp" brogue boot, which has a much more defined style than the big old army boots that people seem to like wearing and weighing themselves down into the ground. These boots are genious as they can work both smart and casual.
The last shoe im going to post up for now is the "Taylor brogue" which is favoured by the dandy boys out there offering them something with a bit more length to it, and still has a nice bit of brogue detailing to it. i think you will agree that the grenson family are still ticking all the right boxes...
