What La Manual Alpargatera is known for
The Gothic Quarter workshop that invented the fashion espadrille in 1940 — wedge heels thirty years before Saint Laurent sent them down a runway. Jute soles hand-stitched to canvas in Barcelona; the Tasies family still guards Emilia's craft, and queues still form before the doors open.
In the press
- Permanent Style 2022
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Authentic hand-made espadrilles from the source.
Hand-made in Barcelona; jute, hemp and esparto.
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