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Among the peaceful and fascinating italian region of Marche you can discover the cute not to big town of Sant’Elpidio a Mare. Straight from this not too famous corner of Italy we can learn the charming story of the construting of Hogan Shoes, Scarpe Hogan, as they are called in Italy.

Filippo Della Valle founded its small shoe workshop in 1920’s, trusting only on its capacity. Class was the force of Filippo’s factory. The businessman vision was provided by its nephew Diego Della Valle, at the end of the ’70s, bringing a holding view to that small workshop so a major walk toward world wide success could be done.

Even nowaday, the grade of the work is number one in the values list of Tod’s group, as it’s now known that once small workshop. Hogan shoes, one of their most successful products, just like any other item from this company, are made by hand, using fashions that not anyone can copy, product of more that one hundred years in shoemaking.

HOGAN RED WITH WHITE STICHING WALKING SHOES/SNEAKERS US $25.00 click for more information

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HOGAN Women's Tan Suede lace up Shoe Size 7 1/2 NIB US $75.00 click for more information

HOGAN Women's Tan/Hazel Leather Shoe Size 6 1/2 NIB NWT US $110.00 click for more information

The one that prefer a Hogan shoe is questing craftsmanship and amenity, consolation and top-class material quality, innovation and tradition.

The two most acclaimed models of Hogan shoes are without doubt the Traditional model, built after the England’s cricket shoes that were fashionable, and the Interactive. One of the most acclaimed kind of Traditional Hogan Shoes is the one known with the name of Olympia, born in 2004 to celebrate the Olympics which took place in Athens. Since that date there have been many, all granted by classical elegance and comfort, Hogan trademarks recognized by fashion victims all over the world. The Scarpe Hogan Olympia Gold of 2006, has become a real cult. This shoe is made of gilded leather and suede.
This year, to celebrate the 2008 Olympics Hogan has produced an Olympia limited edition. Only 888 copies has been made, the male model in suede and sand, with topstitching of three colors reminding the Italian Flag (white, red and green) and for women with white leather sleeves and gold.

The second cult model from Hogan is the Interactive, much acclaimed by women, for their comfort that never let back grace which can be seen even in the smallest particulars of the shoe.
There are many reasons that lead people to seek for this peculiar model of Hogan. First place is certainly the absolute quality of the shoes, whether they are of the canvas model, suede, or other materials, the quality and attention to detail are even manic. The extreme comfort plays its part in the choice: even more than in other models, the comfort for the foot is very high. There is also the choice for the robustness of the shoe: even if the initial cost can not doubtless be called low (but not too high given the high prices of other brands, brands of similar quality, if not lower) the Hogan Interactive lasts much more than a standard shoe and many people assert to use an Interactive for more than ten years and to find them still integral and very comfortable. the last, but not the least reason for prefering a pair of Hogan Interactive shoes is that having them you will be able to gain those 4-5 cm tall slender figure because of their high rubber soles.

The Hogan Interactive will wear well in situations of relaxation and leisure, with a pair of jeans, for instance, but there’s also someone who wears them, as their “inventor”, even under a dress. Truly a shoe for every situation!

While many keep on calling the various models of Interactive as “for summer” or “for winter” this difference is not made by the makers, so there are models with white sole and others with the black or dark sole, and clearly a dark sole stand better for the problems that may arise due to rain or other typical winter phenomena, but the difference is, in some ways, all here.
Hogan Interactive, with the years, have enriched their range of many different models so we can choose between suede or glossy, canvas, or with inserts. Some of them, specifically built for women, have also rhinestones decoration. The colors vary from classic brown, in many variations, up to younger and bolder colors like turquoise, red and orange.
Many people are in some ways startled by the strength of Hogan Interactive shoes. Someone, after a lot of years of use, has washed them and found that the shoes have resisted well to washing, and that they have come back almost like new. Others who have used them in different situations like to go to the beach and have found these shoes to be very strong.

We have heard of people that, always used to get the slippers once back at home, forgot their pair of Scarpe Hogan Interactive at their feet even sitting on the sofa in front of the TV!

Among the colors used in the Interactive line we have the classic khaki color, a standard of Anglo-Saxon elegance, the Ocher, a very refined and “ethnic” dye, or white, which is always a classic Hogan. The top quality skin used to build a pair of Hogan shoes has a feeling and a very intriguing “hand”, almost luscious. The amenity and elegancy are eased by a very essential line, and a very comfortable fitting that make a unique product of high class but also of great comfort.

Elegancy and pleasure. This is what you get from a pair of Hogan Shoes