Unbelievably, Clarks of England was first started by Cyrus Clark in 1825 in the village of Street in Somerset. He turned his hand to leather tanning and started to produce sheepskin rugs. Five years later, his brother James decided to use the growing piles of sheepskin offcuts to produce some wonderful sheepskin slippers which became the talk of the village.
This remarkable start to this remarkable story has seen the tiny village tannery grow from a small single shop into the world-renowned global business that it has become today. The first slipper was called the ‘Brown Petersburg’. Soon, feet from all over the country were heading decidedly in the direction of the village of Street to buy a pair of Clarks’ Browns. Each slipper was made by hand and over a thousand pairs a month were being sold.
From these humble beginnings, Clarks have seen the business grow from only producing slippers to making all kinds of shoes, boots and footwear. The Clarks brand can be relied upon to provide good quality, durable footwear which is comfortable to walk in as well as fashionable.
A large number of school children go to school each day wearing Clarks shoes and they are often the first shoe of choice for toddlers being bought their first walking shoes. The fact is that Clarks representatives take the time to measure the feet properly. In nearly every single store they have their unique feet measuring machines which are able to accurately size up not only foot size, but width as well. It is an extremely important part of buying shoes for young toddlers.
As well as this, Clarks sales people are all trained in the specialist art of sizing and measuring shoes. In this respect, they can be relied upon to provide a good and accurate measurement of foot size and so the shoes will be more comfortable and will be worn for longer.
Despite being the footwear of choice for most school children, Clarks shoes are also known for their enormous range of comfortable styles and designs. They produce top of the range and up to the minute styles for any fashionista to be proud to wear. Because they are focused on comfort and not just on the look of the shoe itself, even their high heeled styles are comfortable.
Clarks shoes have risen from very humble beginnings to being world leaders in footwear manufacture. They have done this by consistent focusing on quality and comfort and by choosing top designers in the field to come up with modern, current an inspiring designs. That feeling of wearing a new pair of Clarks on your first day of school will never be forgotten.