“This may look like a simple shoe, but we’ve spent a lot of time developing it. The dark blue rubber edge that runs along the top of the sole gave us quite a bit of a headache. We got the idea for it during my favourite phase of the design process: In the very beginning, we all sit around a table with knives, markers, adhesive spray, coloured tape, glue stick and lots of other materials and shoes. We cut off the edge of an old blue rubber sole to create a sort of large rubber band. We pulled this rubber band around a regular dress shoe and attached it to the edge of the sole. Everything was perfectly in place right away, and the shoe immediately looked a lot better. Instant magic! But although the idea was born within 30 seconds, the technical execution took more than 4 months. Repeatedly, we didn’t manage to achieve the same curvature and finesse. The correct design of the bottom of the last and pressing the edge out finally turned out to be the solution. The result is an original dress shoe that scores a few more points on the “casual and fun” scale because of the dark blue edge. The shoe goes well with chic pants or a suit, but is also suitable for more casual outfits.”