So whats Folk and Shofolk all about?

Folk is a casual menswear brand born in 2001 in London, Shofolk, the sister (and brother) footwear collection for men and women, followed in 2004.

Folk’s about making clean, honest understated garments with a meticulous eye for colour, fabric selection and design detail. We create simple everday clothing with subtle, innovative and sometimes playful detailing.

Shofolk is designed by the same team and has the same ethos combining distinctive shapes with natural leathers to create functional yet stylish footwear. Production is limited to keep the quality levels high with a nice by product that their owners are unlikely to bump into someone wearing the same pair.

Inspirations cant be nailed down to specifics, ideas come from all over but mainly from what we see and hear each day in London. Shapes, colours and textures play a big part in what we do.

Where’s it all made?

All over, due to the high design content in our clothes we are a bit of a headache for some suppliers. This has led us to search high and low for the right fabric mills and the right factories to make our designs to the required standards. We make alpaca knits in Peru, shirts in Portugal, jackets in Hong Kong, accessories in England, merino knitwear in Uruguay, wherever we have to go to find the best people that are experts in what they do and understand our vision.

Shofolk is made in a small family owned factory in the heart of shoe making country in North Portugal. They have 60 years experience in hand crafting shoes and this skill combined with leathers imported from Italy brings our designs to life.

Who is Folk?

Founded by Cathal McAteer the Folk team has grown to a small close knit company of 8 people. We all work in the studios behind our store so you'll often see us all taking turns helping in the shop or in summer you'll generally find us all having a drink on a friday on the bench outside the shop. We're a friendly bunch so if you'd like to know more please pop by and say hello.

Where can i find Folk and Shofolk?

We have two stores in Lambs Conduit Street and in Dray Walk in London which carry the large majority of the range. In addition our clothes and shoes are sold to around 130 independent boutiques and department stores worldwide including Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Liberty in London.
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