Founders Footwear was started to create and offer Essential Luxuries. Timeless silhouettes and styles that every gentleman must own, crafted in the highest quality and sold directly to the customer. Founders shoes are made in a multi-generational, family-owned, luxury shoe factory in Naples, Italy using Rapid Stitch Construction. In Rapid Construction a leather insole is stitched to a leather midsole and then a second stitch connects the leather midsole to a leather outsole. What you are left with is a full stitched leather construction without any glue or fillers and a shoe that provides a best-in-class foundation for foot support, weight distribution, motion transfer, water repellency, and the ability to resole the shoe multiple times if necessary.Pre-owned. Gently worn.