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26 March 2018
- Posted in Actualités
In Seoul, Paraboot opens its first store in South Korea
We are pleased to have opened on 2 June 2018 the first South Korean Paraboot shop in Seoul, in the Hannam district. Hannam district, or Hannam-dong, has quickly become a hot spot hangout for the locals looking for intricately well designed restaurants, cafes and lifestyle shops. Discover the boutique in pictures:
19 March 2018
- Posted in Collabs
Paraboot for Arpenteur
Arpenteur was created in Lyon in 2011, by Marc Asseily and Laurent Bourven. The brand offers a modern and unique point of view on men's clothing. Their collections are halfway between respect for tradition and creation, derived from multiple inspirations.
19 March 2018
- Posted in Technique
Vegetable tanning
Tanning is the technical operation that transforms the skin into leather, rotproof material. In its environmental approach, Paraboot has chosen to develop models composed of vegetable tanned leathers.The technique is ancient: skins immersed in water saturated with plants, are rendered rotproof. If technical and technological advances continue to emerge, this plant technique continues.
19 March 2018
- Posted in Histoire
The Goodyear construction is over 150 years old!
In 1869, Charles Goodyear Jr. (the son of Charles Goodyear, who had invented the rubber vulcanization process) filed a patent for a welt sewing machine. This technique, which is called "original Goodyear welt", develops from 1875-1876. However, it is often forgotten that in 1862, Auguste Destouy obtained a patent for a machine for sewing a leather sole using a curved needle.