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The Stella clog boot is our pièce de résistance. Seriously, you'll be blown away by the beauty of this versatile and chic ankle boot. The 6 inch height on the shaft gives an elegant line to the foot. The refined soft square toe offers a sleek shape with a light serving of attitude. The top closes with a sturdy zipper on one side and an adjustable buckle closure on the other - allowing you to customize the top fit of the boot.
The upper is crafted in soft and rich smooth black leather. Nickel-free gunmetal rivets adorn the Alderwood base and add a modern touch. Its Swedish Vollsjo rubber lug sole features a zig-zag design to secure the ultimate traction on slick sidewalks.
Sizing
Epaulet clogs run in whole sizes and are true to size. If you are in-between sizes, then we recommend sizing down to the smaller size, as the leather will stretch and give a bit with wear. Size conversions run as such:
US 5 = EU 36
US 6 = EU 37
US 7 = EU 38
US 8 = EU 39
US 9 = EU 40
US 10 = EU 41
US 11 = EU 42
Epaulet Visits Ugglebo
In August 2010, Epaulet proprietor Adele Berne and her friend Tiffany Sippel (camera) visited the Ugglebo clog factory in Emmaboda, Sweden, for a firsthand look at how these high quality clogs are made. On the trip, Adele got to make her own clogs and meet the warm people who are some of Sweden's foremost clogmakers.A big thanks to Christer, Liz, Dave, and everyone at Ugglebo for their hospitality!
Epaulet presents: Ugglebo Clogs from Epaulet Shop on Vimeo.
Quality Leathers, Alderwood Bases, and Genuine Nailheads
Outside of their good looks, Epaulet clogs boast really excellent craftsmanship - which translates into a more comfortable and significantly longer-lasting shoe.
We start with using quality leathers, nubucks, and suedes. Many womens shoes compromise heavily on this point, but we choose only top-grade skins from Europe and the United States. These are bonded to the base with genuine rivets - each of which is punched in by hand. Your average high-end clog is stapled, and low end clogs are often glued (yipes!). Genuine rivets are longer lasting, give the leather a more elegant and secure connection to the base and (in our opinion) look the best! We finish with a Swedish Alderwood base. Sourced on an island off the coast of Sweden, Alderwood is an porous and durable wood that provides exceptional comfort and strong resistance to cracking. It's considered to be the best possible material for clog bases - and your feet will surely notice the difference!
History of Ugglebo Toffeln
The largest clog company in Europe during the 1950’s was neither French nor Dutch, but Swedish; and the Sandgrens clog company was largely responsible for ushering the French-style clog into the fashion lime-light. So, while many associate clogs with their Dutch origin, most of our current appreciation of clogs is actually indebted to the Swedish. One clog assembler, Sven Carlsson, after fifteen years of dedicated work at the Sandgrens factory, decided to go off on his own, utilizing his knowledge of clog manufacturing to begin a new brand of clogs for a modern era. This was in 1965 and the brand was Ugglebo Toffeln. By 1970, the clog-craze was sweeping across Europe and North America in full force and Ugglebo Toffeln was at the forefront, having gone from fulfilling orders of 150 clogs to 10,000. Directly translated, Ugglebo means Owls nest and Toffeln means clogs. Ugglebo is also the region of Sweden where Sven is from and where Sven chose to build his factory (and where the factory remains to this day).
History of Clogs
The modern clog comes from very humble beginnings. From the 18th century, up until World War I, clogs were the heavy, protective work shoes made of a single piece of hollowed-out wood, worn by French and Dutch peasants working in the marshy farmland. Back then, a clog’s life had little panache (outside of occasionally being painted for church). It wasn’t until WWI, when the French soldiers needed a shoe with greater ease of mobility and flexibility than the wholly wooden clog could offer; so the first leather and wood clog was invented, the sabotine. By the 1950s, clogs had undergone a second metamorphosis, emerging as fashion items as opposed to work shoes, and inherited a third national identity.
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