Spanish espadrilles braid tradition into every sole. Toni Pons roots Girona espadrilles in the Catalan rope-sole tradition since 1946, long before the style reached the runways. La Manual Alpargatera makes authentic hand-made espadrilles at the Barcelona source. Casa Hernanz braids jute espadrilles in every color beside Madrid's Plaza Mayor since 1845.
Footwear brand founded in 2015 in Honolulu by CEO Alejandro Porras, inspired by reactions to Menorcan avarca sandals; design is now based in Barcelona with production by artisans in Spain and Portugal. Uses a pre-order, on-demand model to limit overproduction.
Best for On-demand trend sandals and boots made to order to cut waste
Alohas was founded in 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii, by Alejandro Porras, who remains the brand's CEO. According to the brand's own account, the idea began after Porras saw how people in Hawaii responded to his avarcas - a simple sandal style from Menorca, Spain - leading him to build a footwear label around reinterpreting Spanish avarca and espadrille designs. The brand's creative and design work is now based in Barcelona, with production carried out by artisan manufacturers in Spain and Portugal. Alohas markets itself chiefly on its on-demand production model: rather than manufacturing full runs in advance, it waits for confirmed customer demand before producing a style.
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.
Best for Authentic hand-made espadrilles from the source.
Patricia Monjo hand-stitches espardenyes, Ibiza's traditional jute-soled sandal, under the Espardenyes Torres name and is registered with the Consell d'Eivissa's official artisan craft roster. She shows her work at the island's Adlib fashion events and the Viu l'Artesania craft fair alongside other recognized Ibizan makers.
Madrid espadrille maker — family atelier producing and selling traditional Spanish alpargatas in handcrafted styles. Same Divino Pastor shop since 1863; in the 1970s Martín Garbayo expanded colours and models, after which Queen Sofía became a reported client.
Best for Handmade Madrid espadrilles in classic canvas styles
Antigua Casa Crespo is a family-operated espadrille shop located in Madrid that both manufactures and retails traditional Spanish alpargatas (espadrille shoes). The business operates as an established specialist in this particular footwear craft, maintaining production methods aligned with Spanish espadrille-making tradition. The family business serves both local and online customers, offering handcrafted espadrilles in various styles and finishes. The shop carries the weight of being both a production workshop and retail venue, positioning itself within Spain's heritage of espadrille manufacture.
Madrid-based brand with a manifesto: create for ever-lasting pleasure. Timeless pieces, organic cotton, handcrafted espadrilles, and relaxed loungewear with a clear sustainability focus.
Best for Organic cotton basics and handcrafted espadrilles
Spanish espadrille house founded in 1927, whose collaboration with Yves Saint Laurent helped bring the wedge heel to the traditional espadrille and establish it as a modern Mediterranean summer shoe.
Best for Wedge espadrilles and Mediterranean summer shoes; Espadrilles, Wedges
Catalan accessories house founded in 2014 by Jose Bartolome and Albert Escribano, drawing on their Valencia and Mallorca roots; known for the woven-strap Espiga bag, made by leatherworkers in Sax, Valencia.
Best for Woven Espiga bags and minimalist Menorcan-soul sandals, Catalan leather craft.
Hereu was founded in 2014 by Jose Bartolome and Albert Escribano, who returned to their Mediterranean roots - Valencia and Mallorca respectively - after years working in London and Paris to start the label. The name means 'heir' in Catalan, and the brand builds its designs around Mediterranean folk imagery and craft traditions. Its best-known piece is the Espiga bag, a shoulder bag defined by a braided strap made from pliable, padded strips of lambskin woven together; the bag is produced by manufacturers in Sax, a town in the Valencia region with a long-standing leather-making history. Hereu has since expanded into footwear alongside its handbags.
L'Eskinyo is a pair of clothing, footwear, and accessories shops in the medieval village of Peratallada, begun over a decade ago by two well-traveled owners. The flagship on Carrer Major sells Ibiza-style summer fashion and handcrafted leather bags and sunglasses, while its sister shop, L'Eskinyo Sabates nearby, specializes in espadrilles and shoes.
Best for Fashion & Accessories, Clothing, Footwear, Handmade Accessories
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Maria Mare (Mariamare), part of MTNG Europe Experience, is a Spanish women’s footwear and accessories brand selling sandals, sneakers, shoes, boots, handbags and backpacks. Its online shop is paired with a store locator for authorized dealers, so shoppers can browse the current range online and then locate an in-person point of sale.
Martina Candela runs a leather atelier in Palma, Mallorca, offering workshops where clients make their own sandals, alongside finished bespoke and barefoot sandal designs. Founder Martina Candela, originally from Italy, left office work to train in leather craft, and the atelier is on Carrer de la Pursiana.
Family-run eco-footwear maker based in Arnedo, La Rioja, rooted in four decades of regional shoemaking; sneakers, boots and espadrilles built from organic cotton, esparto grass and natural rubber.
Best for Eco canvas shoes
Natural World (branded Natural World Eco) is a footwear company based in Arnedo, in Spain's La Rioja region - a historic center of Spanish shoe manufacturing. The company describes itself as rooted in more than four decades of family tradition in shoemaking, and positions its entire range around ecological production: GOTS-certified organic cotton, esparto grass, and natural rubber rather than synthetic materials. Every pair is made in Spain. The company is small and sells both through its own e-commerce platform and through ethical/sustainable retailers such as Ethical Superstore and Catchalot.
Menorcan footwear house founded in 1953 in Alaior by Santiago Pons, who began with children's shoes before adding hand-woven avarca sandals in 1956; the avarca itself originated generations earlier as farmwear made from leather and recycled tire soles.
Best for Artisan sandals, Menorcan
Pons Quintana was established in 1953 in Alaior, on the island of Menorca, by Santiago Pons, himself the son of a shoemaker. The company's earliest production was children's footwear; slipper-making was added in 1956. That same period saw the firm take up the avarca, the traditional Menorcan sandal originally devised by farm workers on the island's arid terrain - made from natural leather uppers stitched onto soles historically cut from recycled tires. Pons Quintana built its identity by refining that vernacular design into a fashion product without abandoning the hand-weaving techniques and materials tied to its origin. The company marked its 70th anniversary in 2023 and continues to manufacture in Menorca.
Catalan espadrille maker founded in 1946 by Antoni Pons Parramon in Osor, near Girona, making esparto-and-jute espadrilles and recycled-tire-sole boots in the post-war years; now led by third-generation Jordi Pons (since 2012), selling handmade footwear in more than 90 countries.
Best for Girona espadrilles rooted in Catalan rope-sole tradition since 1946
Toni Pons began in 1946 in Osor, a small village in Girona province, Catalonia, when Antoni Pons Parramon opened a workshop making traditional espadrilles from esparto grass and jute, plus leather boots soled with recycled tire rubber — materials chosen out of post-war scarcity rather than design preference, aimed at supplying footwear to the local community. That improvisational, materials-driven start became the foundation of the company's later espadrille specialism.
Antoni Pons i Carós, the founder's son, joined the business in the 1960s and 1970s and pushed it beyond its original local market toward wider Spanish and export distribution. The company has stayed in family hands into a third generation: Jordi Pons took over leadership in 2012.
Toni Pons has kept espadrilles — rope- or jute-soled canvas or leather shoes with roots in rural Pyrenean and Catalan footwear — as its core product, expanding the format into wedges, sandals and other silhouettes while keeping handmade construction methods central to its identity. The company now sells in more than 90 countries through its own stores and wholesale partners, a considerable scale-up from the single Osor workshop it started as, though the brand still frames its story around that original post-war village workshop.
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