Brave Soles | Women Leather Sandals | Men Leather Sandals
How are leather sandals for women made?
Women's leather sandals are typically made with high-quality leather material, featuring a comfortable and soft sole to provide arch support and a wedge for added comfort. Various designs feature straps, buckles, laces, and other closures to ensure a perfect fit. Popular styles include slide-in sandals, thong sandals, and gladiator sandals. Popular brands like Brave Soles, Deux Mains and RoHo Goods all offer beautiful leather sandals for men and women.
Women's leather sandals are made in a variety of ways. The most common method is to start with a basic design and then add embellishments or decorations to personalize the sandals. Other methods include braiding the leather or using different leather colors to create a unique design.
Why are leather sandals better?
Leather sandals offer a unique combination of comfort, style, and durability, making them better than other types of footwear for women. Handmade leather sandals are typically lightweight, breathable, and comfortable, making them perfect for summer activities like outdoor hikes, beach visits, and walking. In addition, the supportive arch, cork, and wedge features on many women's leather sandals provide foot and ankle support, helping to reduce strain and fatigue during extended wear. The durable leather material also resists wear and tear, ensuring that your sandals look great and last for years. Finally, leather sandals come in various styles, colors, and designs, making it easy to match your outfit and express your style.
Leather sandals are often more comfortable than other shoes because they mold to the shape of your feet. They also tend to be more durable and last longer, making them a better investment.
What brand of sandals is the best?
When it comes to sandals, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to which brand is the best. Instead, it depends on the individual's preferences and needs. For example, brands like Brave Soles are the best if you need a pair of sandals that offers plenty of cushion and comfort. Ultimately, when it comes to finding the best sandals for you, the choice is yours!
Good fashion should feel good. Brave Soles are beautiful, handmade shoes with upcycled tire soles.
ABOUT US
"We believe in a world where our choices matter."
Brave Soles Story
As the founder of an international youth humanitarian organization, Christal Earle has been working and learning from a local community of garbage dump workers since 2005 on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Unfortunately, there was also an overwhelming amount of tires among everything else in that garbage dump. They were a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases and a toxic nightmare.
In 2010,
An unexpected turn of events in Christal’s journey left her facing the fact that she would have to rebuild her life between two countries. She was now torn between Canada, where her career was based, and the Dominican Republic, where her adopted daughter couldn’t leave.
In Early 2017
The idea struck for the first time. Why not use tires for soles on beautiful handmade shoes - and create a way to help the most vulnerable people in the process?
This is the story of people like you: people who know they want to be proud of their choices. Brave Soles' team ebbs and flows and covers many generations of people from different parts of the world.
We all have stories and reasons for doing what we do. And all of us have one thing in common: we are curious and inspired by the continuing question of how we can create something that is a growing reflection of our love for people and the planet.
Handmade & Eco-Friendly Women's Shoes
Brave Soles offers a wide variety of fair trade, sustainable, and eco-friendly women’s shoes for every season, style, and occasion. Their curated collection includes both vegan shoe options and ethically-sourced leather footwear for women. Find vegan sneakers made from sustainably-harvest hemp and recycled materials in a variety of colors and styles. Their catalog includes ethical boots for Fall, flats for every season, vegan heels, loafers, sandals, slippers, and more. With Brave Soles' large selection, you’ll surely find the perfect sweatshop-free women’s shoes.
Brave Sole's mission
Brave Sole's mission is to bring sustainably upcycled handmade leather sandals to everyone.
Their people
Brave Soles puts the people behind the sandals they make first. Unfortunately, too often, cordwainers are subject to terrible conditions. That’s why they built their factory, where they work with awesome people worldwide. Brave Soles is responsible for creating a safe, healthy, and fair working environment for all their teams and workers throughout their supply chain. They do so through partnerships with industry groups like the Fair Labor Association, conducting on-site social responsibility audits, and a commitment to ensuring workers have a voice in the organization.
Brave Soles' sustainable practices
Sustainability is at the core of everything they do—from their factory to their fabrics, packaging, and retail stores. They are committed to pushing the industry forward and investing in future-focused solutions, which is why they're a certified Climate Neutral company. To become Climate Neutral Certified, a company must show that it is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from making and delivering its products. In addition, they must compensate for any emissions created.
Progress
Corporations hold the most significant potential for climate action, so Brave Soles pushes for progress across the board and strives to create a workplace where everyone is empowered to do the same. They innovate for circularity and make all progress public so that consumers and peers alike can learn, share, and grow with us. Being socially conscious isn’t counterculture; it’s cultural currency.
Where Brave Soles Stands Today
Brave Soles has grown in their mission to empower women by expanding their product categories and location of impact. Brave Soles is a shoe brand with thoughtfully designed pieces that reflect the company's mantra: creative, strong, vital, worthy, and ABLE. These high-quality leather sandals for men aren't just investment pieces for your wardrobe; they are an investment in women worldwide.
This two-pronged approach to partnering with vendors includes coming alongside new businesses to help them create better opportunities from the ground up and coming alongside existing, larger-scale businesses to support how they’re paving the way in the industry.
Responsibility
Brave Soles is Moving Fashion Forward with how they take responsibility for their impact on people and the planet. Responsibility is a journey, and they are committed to being purposeful in their approach to Fashion.
Environmental Responsibility
Design Philosophy
Each of the gladiator women's sandals and other sandals is thoughtfully designed to combine style, function, and fit so you can look good and feel great. Brave Soles prioritizes quality and longevity while at the same time working to find the most eco-conscious materials that stand the test of time and wear. As a result, their women gladiator sandals are guaranteed for life, and they are here to help you keep your Brand Soles pieces in your wardrobe - and out of landfills - for years to come.
Leather
All Brave Soles' leather is upcycled from discarded animal hides into handcrafted leather bags for laptop, handmade mens leather wallets, platform leather sandals and other leather goods you can keep for years. To minimize waste, the design team works with their leather partners to design different-sized pieces that utilize the most materials, including deadstock and scraps. In addition, all of their partners use a 100% recycled, closed-loop water system.
Packaging
Brave Soles is moving to 100% recyclable materials and tags. In addition, their vendors often incorporate recycled packaging (recyclable plastic inserts and discarded newspaper) during shipping based on what is available in their community.
Co-Creating the future through ethical employment and enterprise
Fashion is vital to Brave Soles. However, people are an essential part of what this company is about. Everyone has a valued story, from the people who expertly cut the soles of the women's gladiator sandals to the highly talented people who sew leather messenger bags for women. Some of Brave Soles' team are employed directly, but most of the faces behind Brave Soles are contracted suppliers, able to set their prices, hours, and location of work. Still, Brave Soles considers them to be their partners in every way. Together, they consult and create throughout the entire process of production.
Hand kindness to the earth through sustainable practices
Brave Soles believes that by starting with they can change, they will build a solid foundation upon which they can strive to improve every step. Their shoe soles are made with 100% skilled human power, made in natural daylight, and do not involve chemical processes. Their leather is sourced in the Dominican Republic, as well as from Argentina and Mexico.
They are doing their best to continue moving the bar forward on some of their items by using up-cycled leather sourced from the remnants of furniture makers, airplane seats, and other industries with usable leather. They also seek alternative materials for upcoming items, including vegetable-dyed leather, vegan leather, and other options. They are also partnered with Green Story to monitor their processes to have 100% transparency in what is currently measurable for their sustainability goals.
Brave Soles strives to give you peace of mind.
Change happens when we first think differently about the power of our individual choices. Brave Soles wants to prove to you, time and again, that you don't need to feel conflicted between beautiful style and ethical fashion choices. There's a better, more beautiful way coined "Conscious Fashion." We can choose to feel good about what we buy and wear. Brave Soles is a company of people just like you. They love Fashion, but they love people and the earth's future even more. Together, we can all inspire each other to continually innovate our thinking around what's possible.
Handmade Leather Shoes as Gifts
SUSTAINABLE SHOES
COLLECTION OF SUSTAINABLE SHOES FOR WOMEN, NEW ECOLOGICAL SHOE BRANDS ETHICALLY MADE. THEIR MISSION IS TO OFFER A SUSTAINABLE FOOTWEAR SELECTION DESIGNED WITH DURABLE MATERIALS & ECO-FRIENDLY PROCESSES FOR LONG-LASTING SHOES. THE LEMON JELLY VEGAN SHOES, LOINTS OF HOLLAND, LOFINA & TRIPPEN SUSTAINABLE WOMEN'S SHOES ARE 100% ECO-FRIENDLY AND SOME ARE MADE OF VEGETABLE-TANNED CHROME-FREE LEATHER. GET INTO THE SLOW FASHION, CLEAN & CONSCIOUS MINDSET: HERE IS PICK A SHOE'S SELECTION OF NATURAL & COMFORTABLE SHOES, YET STYLISH.
Brave Soles' are handmade leather sandals with high-quality, top-grain leather. They have a wide range of size and width options, making them perfect for everyone. These women's slide sandals are lightweight and flexible, with wide-toe boxes. Every product is made to order so you can have the perfect pair of shoes! At Brave Soles, they take pride in handcrafting every product by hand. All their men's leather sandals are made with high-quality, soft leather and flexible soles, making them some of the most comfortable shoes you'll ever wear.
Brave Soles believes that less is more, which is why their handmade leather sandals for women are designed to be as simple as possible, with a natural layer of leather wrapping your foot. In addition, their handmade shoes are designed to be customizable and unique - just like you.
Calf leather from calfskin
The Brave Soles calf leather shoes are made with whole grain, kudu, and chromexcel leather. The shoes are available in three different colors - full grain, white, and forest green - and in three different sizes. The calf leather is sourced from the world-class tanneries of CF Stead in Leeds, UK, and The Horween Company in Chicago, USA. Calf leather is used in Brave Soles shoes because it is strong and durable. Brave Soles shoes are made with calf leather. Calf leather is a high-quality, durable type of leather often used in high-end products. It has a smooth texture and is resistant to wear and tear.
Wool
Shoes made from wool are environmentally friendly and sustainable. Wool is a sustainable material, which means that it is sourced from renewable sources. Additionally, wool is environmentally friendly because it can improve your health.
Leather shoes - at Brave Soles
MADE WITH PATENT LEATHER: THE ROMANA GIRL'S LEATHER SANDAL
KEEP YOUR HEEL COMFY BY WEARING THE COMFORTABLE TRENZA WOMEN'S LEATHER FLIP FLOP
A VARIETY OF HANDMADE, CASUAL MEN'S SHOES
QUALITY FOOTWEAR: THE MATEO - MEN'S LEATHER SANDAL
WITH EASE BUCKLE: THE BOHEMIA - WOMEN LEATHER SANDAL leather sign on the shoe Crockett
