Step into the future with ekn Footwear. Handmade in Europe (Portugal), each shoe is made with materials that have less impact on our environment.
One hundred percent vegetable tanned leathers are chrome-free and the soles and laces are made from all-natural materials. The cotton and cork used are both organic.
I bought a pair of ekn Birch Low Top Sneakers for my mother and she is so pleased with them.
ekn Footwear Styles for Men:
BOOTS
DESERT & CHUKKA
HIGH TOP SNEAKER
LOW TOP SNEAKER
RUNNING
SANDALS
ekn Footwear Styles for Women:
BOOTS
CHELSEA
HIGH TOP SNEAKER
LOAFER
LOW TOP SNEAKER
RUNNING
SANDALS
Leather Wallets and Canvas Bags
Men and women’s organic cork and vegetable tanned leather wallets as well as a weekend bag made from organic canvas and genuine leather are available for purchase too.
It would be great to see ekn Footwear sell eco friendly socks to accompany their range of men and women shoes. Hopefully too, in the near future, ekn will be designing footwear for babies and children.
So if you need to do some ‘sole searching’ then please check out ekn Footwear.
Where to Buy
ekn Footwear – International Shipping
Avocado Store (Germany)
Amazon.de (Germany)
Ethical Manufacturing
Over 70% of Portugal’s energy comes from renewable sources and the small factory near the city of Porto, where ekn Footwear are made, commit to high standards of ethical manufacturing; providing a safe and hygienic work environment for the 70 local workers they employ.
Their strict non-toxic policy sees to nearly all of the waste products being recycled; including the off-cuts of fabric as well as water.
Packaging
All boxes made from recycled materials.
Did You Know?
ekn [i‘kin] (phonetic language ): means seed in old Osmanian and in modern Turkish.
Quote
You are either in your bed or in your shoes, so it pays to invest in both…
~John Wildsmith~
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