07-28-2010, 05:58 AM
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Manolo Blahnik shoes have become a standard - the Volkswagen Beetle of the shoe world
"Manolo Blahnik shoes have become a standard - the Volkswagen Beetle of the shoe world," boasted Stephen, the managing director. The company acquired christian louboutin shoes in 1959.The original shoe was devised by a German doctor named Klaus Maertens who, while convalescing from a skiing accident in the Bavarian town of Seeshaupt, decided to make a comfortable shoe to relieve the pain of walking. Together with Herbert Funck, an engineer, Maertens designed a shoe with an air-cushioned sole, using old tyres - a revolutionary concept at the time.
Maertens and Funck devised a method of heat-sealing the sole to the upper, creating a cavity, or air cushion. Within two years they had patented the design and the shoes were sold throughout Germany - chiefly as a "comfort"shoe for elderly women with foot trouble.By 1959, the new shoes - which had become know as "Dr Maertens" - were selling across Europe, and the owners were interested in finding a company to produce them in Britain. Hence an ad in the trade press that the Griggses spotted.The Griggs family had been involved in shoemaking since 1901 in the Northhamptonshire village of Wollaston, where shoes have been produced since the 17th century.After World War II the Griggs brothers in charge at the time - Bill, Ray and Colin - found they faced tough competition from a dozen other shoe manufacturers in the area.
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very nice
If I can refer to the same mistake as against non-specific
very nice!!
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