Unmarked

Unmarked is a Mexican footwear label founded in 2011 by Hugo Fonce, who grew up in León, Guanajuato, a town with around 400 years of shoemaking history. He set up his own workshop there, in the old shoemaking quarter, and a small team of skilled artisans designs and makes every pair on site, with some tools and machines dating from the 1920s.

The boots and shoes use stitchdown, Goodyear welt and side wall stitched construction, and the Goodyear welted pairs can be resoled. Each pair takes four weeks and more than 200 steps. Unmarked also says its makers are paid fair wages, work in safe conditions and have full-time jobs with benefits.