GORAL

Goral is a fourth-generation, family-owned shoemaker. The story starts with Franciszek Goral, who founded a small workshop in Poland in 1936. The family kept it going through World War II, the Stalinist era and decades of economic change. In 2005 they moved their home and factory to Sheffield, England, and many of their artisans came too. In 2018 the fourth generation launched Goral as the family's own label.

Each pair goes through more than 200 individual steps, made by master shoemakers with over a century of combined experience. Uppers are lasted by hand and with machine help, then assembled with Blake-welted construction and a sidewall-stitched outsole. The result is lightweight and flexible, and Goral can rebuild the shoes for continued wear. John Lewis stocks the label.