I then gave up on browsing through shops and started to make drawings. I still had this sneaker idea in my head, so tried to make it similar. As I was getting really into it, I found some books, quite some people thinking about shoes on internet. And then I realised that the drawings is not enough that I need to see the product in 3D. I did sit down to a computer and started modelling. And measuring other shoes. And trying to understand how is the shoe actually constructed. Then the most daring moment came, when I took the model, the drawings to the real shoe factory and asked whether they can produce it. And we had a good conversation and I had to change the design and... realised how much more difficult it is. Cutting the story short: we agreed what to do and I had a prototype made. Yupeee!

What a surprise it was when the shoe, my shoe, the only one of that kind in the Universe got to my hands. Cool. I took it, I looked at it and test it. I tested the shoes around and they looked great. However, as it is with the proper prototype, there was more to do.

I had to go back to the drawing table, I had measure, re-measure re-think, consult. It was great fun. Then we discussed and then a new last had to be made and then fine tuned and prototype 2 arrived. And it was almost there. Then next round the last round. The challenge was all in the shape. The shape is just so important. Agreed, done.

That view is the view from the factory. And in the factory, they made the shoe that is the Lofé Shoe. That shoe has a lot of relatives and cousines - in the factory, but it is unique. And it is the right shoe to wear. Every day.