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RoxAnneLava

Hand-made to order retro inspired mules using intentionally sourced reused or imperfect leather 

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Meet the Mule Maker

Meet Roxannelava

The Day I Fell in Love with ... SHOES!

In 1970 I walked past a boutique window in the Chalfont-Haddon Hall Hotel  in Atlantic City, New Jersey and fell in love. The object of my desire –  mauve suede knee-high lace up boots-rounded-toe, boxy heel, black  grommets and laces. Italian, expensive. I could tell the leather was  soft as butter. They reminded me of the boots Nancy Sinatra was singing  about in “These Boots are Made for Walkin'”.  I love that song. I was 8  years old. Sadly our relationship was not meant to be, but my passion  for shoes was born.


Since that day I have appreciated shoes  as an admirer, customer and collector. I have a wide variety of styles  from all sorts of price points. The running theme for me is “bad ass and  beautiful”. I spend most of my time in boots, booties or sandals, but I  have my share of pumps and slingbacks as well.


Several years ago I decided I’d like to  spend the next stage of my life as a shoemaker. Designing and making –  yes, MAKING shoes.  I’ve been a creative and entrepreneur all my life. I  love to build things so shoes seemed to be a natural next step. I  started with strappy sandals made from component parts in 6 hours in  London along with a 2-day shoe design seminar. My next stab was a 7-day  pump making workshop in Ashland, Oregon where I learned to make almost  all of the shoe by hand.  In 2016, I attended a shoe symposium and got  the final piece to the puzzle, suppliers of small quantities for small  batch shops.

Image of similar 1960s go go boot.

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