December 27, 2009

New: Osborn Shoes x ALTER

We have just received a few new styles of shoes from the amazing design group, Osborn.
These two shoes are made exclusively for ALTER using vintage fabrics from the Alter archive.

Osborn X ALTER shoes in red velvet $99.00
Size available: 39 only

Osborn X ALTER shoes in black/white print $99.00
Size available: 40 only

Osborn shoes are handmade in Guatemala within a fair trade organization.
Below are a few images, care of Osborn, of their production facility.

Vilma hand cutting linings for the shoes.

Sewing on industrial Juki machines.

Karla hand tracing patterns

Hand cutting by Osborn shoe craftsman

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