About us

The urban Grünbein style compromises modern classics with stylish retro attitudes and a high brande recognition. The models are fashioned from finest leathers and available in an intoxicating range of colours, produced with much love and artisanal care in small Portugueses manufactures.

We make long lasting comfort shoes, with removable insoles in fantastic quality. We have three different widths on our lasts, so we have shoes for everybody.

This is environmentally friendly producing in Portugal.

Environment and material

All Grünbein shoes are hand crafted, mostly with traditional, artisanal methods.

For the production of our shoes we use only high-quality leathers. This guarantees for a long life and great wearability.

Our shoes are produced in Portugal manufactures, according to EU DIN standards.

History

Our Louis model is the Grünbein collection’s core piece and, legend has it, was first manufactured in 1890 as a work shoe for local farmers by a shoemaker named Louis from the Swiss mountains.

The Grünbein company discovered this shoe, heavily worn, at a Zurich flea market and brought it back to life.

The shoe’s key properties were carried over and further developed. As a memory and tribute to its constructor, this first model was called Louis.

Louis marks the birth of the unique Grünbein shoe collection. It soon developed into a complex and comprehensive line with different shoe lasts and models (sandals, low shoes, booties, ankle boots and high boots) in a rich colour variety. Both the desire for comfort and the wish for fashionable, timely shoes are satisfied. Every season some new designs are added to the collection.

The high-quality leather comes from European tanneries and is tanned and dyed according to EU DIN standards. The shoes are then lovingly handcrafted in small, Portuguese manufactures.

Phylosophy

The Grünbein Switzerland brand made its way across the Alps to Berlin, to present itself to an international, fashion-conscious audience.

With its cultural diversity and cosmopolitan attitude and particularly the distinct fashion and style loving zeitgeist, Berlin makes an ideal hotbed and location for the Grünbein brand.

The urban Grünbein style comprises modern classics with stylish retro attitudes and a high brand recognition. The models are fashioned from finest leathers and available in an intoxicating range of colours, produced with much love and artisanal care in small Portuguese manufactures.

Grünbein shoes are unique in bringing a sense of serenity and wearable nature into our fast paced urban and individual life.