Loake
Loake (Loake Brothers Limited) is a British shoemaker, founded in 1880, family-owned and still located in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
The company was founded by the brothers John, Thomas and William Loake in 1880, in an outbuilding at Thomas Loake's house at 62 King Street, Kettering.[1] Northamptonshire is the centre of the English shoemaking industry. In 1894, the Loake brothers built a new factory and moved to Wood Street, where it can still be found today. The factory was initially named the Unique Boot Factory. It has a floor area of approximately 20,000 sq ft, accommodates over 300 workers. It was considered one of the finest and most advanced shoe factories in the country, at the time. The factory is split into three parts - bottom stock (soles), the making room, where the shoes are finished, and a warehouse.
Loake specialises in men's traditionally crafted handmade Goodyear-welted shoes. Construction of some styles involves using 130 skilled workers, up to 75 shoe parts and over 200 different operations and can take 8 weeks to make from start to finish.
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Loake *Rugby tan 5 eye...
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- -¥33,495
Loake *Fontwell tan 3 eye...
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- -¥26,796
Loake *William black 4 eye...
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- -¥30,146
Loake *Powers black 2 eye...
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- -¥20,097
Loake *John black 5 eye...
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- -¥30,146
Loake *641 tan buffalo...
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- -¥23,447
Loake *Knightsbridge 5 eye...
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- -¥26,796
Loake *Waterloo black 4 eye...
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- -¥23,447
Loake *Temple brown tassel...
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- -¥23,447
Loake *Sloane black & white...
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- -¥23,447
Loake *Perth burgundy 5 eye...
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- -¥26,796
Loake *Perth brown grain 5...
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- -¥26,796
Loake *Hurst black derby
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Loake *Chatsworth brown...
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- -¥23,447
Loake *Burford 2 tan 6 eye...
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- -¥26,796
Loake *Burford black 6 eye...
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- -¥26,796
Loake Chester tan burnished...
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- -¥16,748
Loake *Whitehall dark brown...
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- -¥16,748
Loake *Newbury tan dealer boot
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- -¥16,748
Loake *Cornwall mahogany 3...
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- -¥16,748
Loake *Churchill brown 6...
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- -¥16,748
Loake *Chester black 5 eye...
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- -¥16,748