French Sole news and archive

French Sole opens new London store

Premium footwear brand French Sole, known for its classic leather ballet flat, has opened its third London store in Covent Garden. The store on Floral Street, joins its other London stores on Marylebone Lane and King’s Road. It will carry the brand’s full collection of handcrafted leather ballet flats, which the footwear brand states comes in “...

Fashion

French Sole collaborates with Barbara Hulanicki

Footwear label French Sole is collaborating with Barbara Hulanicki, fashion designer and founder of iconic 1960s Biba brand on an exclusive collection launching later this month. The Barbara Hulanicki for French Sole collection features nine designs featuring the designer’s favourite styles from the brand including the ‘Boardwalker’ sneaker, ‘...

Fairs

TheMicam Shanghai calls off future editions

London - TheMicam Shanghai, the Chinese branch of Italian footwear trade show theMicam, has reportedly called off all future editions. Update The Italian footwear association the Assocalzaturifici has responded to the cancellation of theMicam Shanghai and issued the following statement regarding the future of the event: In context regarding...

Design

French Sole opening in Leeds

Footwear brand French Sole, known for its ballet flats, is to open its first store outside of London at Leeds’ luxury retail destination, Victoria Quarter, as part of the brand’s UK expansion plan. The 200 square foot shop, due to launch at the end of February, will front onto Vicar Lane within the Grade ll listed arcade, and will carry its...

Design

French Sole steps up Asia presence

French Sole, the footwear brand, is gearing up to expand in the US and Far East markets. The company has attained the services of Kim Winser, formerly of Agent Provocateur. French Sole opened a store in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia last month, the first of three planned for the country. The brand is aiming to increase its presence in Asia,...

Fashion

French Sole turns 21

French Sole, world famous for its sumputous ballet flats is about to celebrate its 21st birthday. French Sole started out as a mail order company and now supplies to over 500 retail outlets across the world. For nearly 21 years classic ballet flats have been at the core of the French Sole brand. Vibrant new styles are forever being added to the...