Cecil Sandal Red Wax

Name: Cecil Sandal Red Wax
SKU: cecil-san-redwax
Price: 29.99 GBP
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Looking for a low heel sandal that combines health and style? Try our Cecil model. Handmade by our craftsmen, the ergonomic design helps your posture as it gives you lower-back support. You are guaranteed an instant comfort with an elegant and casual look.

Key Features:
Upper: African wax fabric
Sole: wood
Outsole: rubber
Heel: 4.5cm
Platform: 2cm

If you want to customise the upper colour, heel or outsole type (standard rubber or recycled tire), let us know before or after placing the order.

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Our sandals are made to order. Please allow 8-15 days for delivery.

1. The motifs on the upper of shoes made with non plain fabrics, for example African wax print, may vary from the final product because the exact design patterns do not repeat on all parts of the fabric.

2. The colour of the wood may vary from the final product for several reasons. Read here

Categories: Sandals, Shoes

THE STORY BEHIND

The Cecil is the first product manufactured in our factory.

In the streets of Douala, we had noticed that the majority of women worn sandals made of plastic. Those of a certain age or weight complained of back pain. The obvious solution was to produce a sandal with an ergonomic design, orthopedic style.

The first batches of production were a failure. Rather than being comfortable, the sandal hurt. The technicians did not know how to sand the insoles without altering the shape!

It took months of training to get the perfect ergonomic shape. Another few months to learn what kind of tire could be recycled for our purpose and how. And more time to find the right finishing products to import from Europe in order to protect the wood from tropical rain.

During all this time, we had to deal with returns and angry customers. Investors run away. We almost shut down. Making shoes in Africa was more difficult than anticipated. The business plan was useless.

How many free shoes we gave away to appease customers is now part of the legend (There was this woman whose Cecil broke into 3 pieces as she left the church. How she managed to do it, we never knew, but she insulted us so much on the phone that Victor went to her house Sunday night at 23:00 to offer her two free pairs of shoes of her choice).

But we persisted and little by little we improved. For any season and for any road, for any size and weight of the customer, the sandal was engineered to last.

Our first customer was called Cecile. The first client for the first product ever made in the first African clog factory. We named the sandal after her, without the “e” at the end.