Castaner

About Castaner

Castañer is a Spanish espadrille maker whose roots go back to Rafael Castañer, born in the 1770s. The brand itself was founded in 1927 by Luis Castañer and his cousin Tomàs Serra, and the family has kept making espadrilles in Spain for almost a hundred years. Known for wedge and flat alpargatas built on traditional craft methods, Castañer stuck to simple, everyday designs until the 1960s and 70s, when a new generation of the family added colour and gave the humble espadrille a fashionable edge. That shift caught the eye of major fashion houses, and Castañer's espadrilles have featured alongside their collections ever since.