From Charentaises to Camargue boots
French footwear has some distinctive regional styles. Rondinaud makes wool-lined Charentaise slippers in the Charente, while La Botte Gardiane makes traditional Camargue boots in southern France. Alongside them, you will find Kleman’s workwear-inspired shoes and boots made to your measurements by Jean Gaborit.
This guide starts with French brands making all their footwear in France. A second selection covers French brands with some or all production elsewhere in Europe. Each listing gives you an introduction to the collection, production locations and a guide price range, with a full profile to explore when something catches your eye.
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French brands making all their shoes in France
For these brands, France is both home and the place where every pair is made, whether you are choosing slippers, sandals, shoes or boots.
Kleman
Unisex Made in France up to 200€
French footwear brand launched in 1988, making workwear-style derbies, loafers, boots and sandals at the Cléon family factory in La Romagne.
La Botte Gardiane
For women & men Made in France 200€ to 400€
French shoemaker founded in 1958, known for traditional Camargue boots and leather sandals made in its workshop in Aigues-Vives, southern France.
Rondinaud
For women, men & children Made in France up to 200€
French slipper maker founded in 1907, crafting Charentaises in its own Charente workshop with wool linings, woven felt soles and traditional stitching.
Jean Gaborit
For women & men Made in France 800€+
Made-to-measure boots, each pair made to order in Le Boupère, a small village in the Vendée, western France, at the workshop the Gaborit family founded in 1922.
French brands making shoes elsewhere in Europe
This selection includes Arche, which produces in France and Croatia, alongside French brands making their footwear entirely in other European countries. If you are looking specifically for shoes made in France, check the production details of your chosen pair.
Tanya Heath Paris
For women Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€
Paris footwear brand with a patented interchangeable heel system, working with family-owned Portuguese workshops on pumps, sandals and boots.
COG
For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€
French vegan footwear brand making sneakers, boots and Oxfords in family-run workshops in Portugal, with materials sourced from European suppliers.
In Corio
For women & men Made in Italy and Portugal 200€ to 400€
French footwear brand making men’s and women’s leather shoes and sneakers by hand in Portugal, with leathers sourced from French, Italian and English tanneries.
Zèta
Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€
Bordeaux vegan footwear brand with trainers, loafers and sandals assembled by hand in northern Portugal, using leather alternatives made with plant by-products.
CAVAL
Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€
French sneaker brand making deliberately mismatched pairs near Porto, Portugal, using full-grain Italian leather and stitched soles.
Arche
For women & men Made in Croatia and France 200€ to 400€
French family shoemaker founded in 1968, making colourful leather shoes in its workshops in France and Croatia, with most models produced in Château-Renault.
Bobbies
For women & men Made in Portugal and Spain 200€ to 400€
Shoes and leather goods designed in Paris and made in the brand's own Portuguese workshop and family-owned partner workshops in Portugal and Spain. Founded in 2010.
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