About Footwear Focus
Footwear Focus is an on-line shopping service for the discerning shoe shopper. Footwear Focus is about providing excellent quality shoes at regular high street prices, delivering to you without delivery charges. Yes, free delivery anywhere in the UK. No minimum purchase, no restocking charges if you return the shoes. We are service driven, which in return has its own rewards in valued business.
We have provided here a small collection of shoes that underline our aims. In time other product ranges will be added. Our actual shop on the high street has been providing the same attitude to quality and service. The experience that we bring to you has been 25 years in the making.
We hope to achieve a loyal customer base over time, and keeping valued customers happy is an important part of this. We can be reached by email, fax and telephone to answer any queries you may have. We sincerely hope that your shopping with us is a pleasant and hassle free experience.
Guy Grimley
About our products...
The History of Sebago Shoes
"Salt water. Sea air. Rugged adventure. From these simple elements, the Sebago shoes saga that began in New England in 1946, has evolved into a global footwear brand recognized for credible performance and authentic nautical style".
Sebago Classics Sebago Classics shoes represent quintessential American style. Premium handsewn loafers and traditional mocs deliver true comfort, classic style and an unmistakable sense of Sebago quality.
Sebago Casual Marine Sebago Casual Marine shoes are the relaxed alternative to Sebago Classics. A respect for timeless design meets progressive colors and materials with boat shoes, slip-on casuals and sandals.
Sebago Performance Marine Sebago Performance Marine is for anyone who requires serious nautical performance taking you from near the water to in the water with total confidence. Water Shoes, Sailing Boots, and Athletic Marine Footwear feature GORE-TEX® and Vibram® technologies. SEBAGO: FIT. DURABILITY. COMFORT.
1946 Sebago-Moc Company founded by Daniel J. Wellehan, Sr., William Beaudoin and Joseph Cordeau. First shoes are developed using the patented welt construction
1948 Develops the leather boat shoe which is sold to Uniroyal.
1950 Sebago-Moc Company sales reaches $1,000,000.
1952 Steady growth to 2,000 pairs a day requires a new factory to keep up with demand. Construction begins on a plant in Westbrook, Maine.
1954 Sebago produces its one millionth pair of shoes.
1962 Sebago wins the “Sears Award for Excellence”.
1963 Bridgton, Maine plant is built to produce women’s penny loafers.
1969 Jolly Rogers, women’s handsewn loafers, debuts.
1970 Global launch of Docksides® by Sebago.
1971 Sebago machine sewn casuals, Jesse Janes, launch; Muk Luk’s shearling lined boots, featured in catalog.
1975 Sebago grows to more than 650 employees.
1978 Ted Turner, premier businessman and yachtsman, poses for a painting that’s included in Sebago’s poster series.
1980 The basic brown Dockside® is a huge fashion trend that hit universities and high schools across the country.
1981 Sebago Campsides debuts.
1984 Sebago becomes the first U.S. company to sponsor a boat in the O-Star race.
1986 Sebago sponsors the Celebrity Regatta, Liberty Cup, New York Harbor.
1987 First company to sponsor the Newport to Bermuda multihull race, hence called the Sebago Multihull Challenge ’87; ’87 and ’88 co-sponsored the Liberty Cup, New York Harbor.
1988 Official supplier of Yachting Footwear to the U.S. Sailing Team; title sponsor of Phil Steggal in the C-Star transatlantic race.
1992 Sponsors the America’s Cup contender “Defender.”
1993 Outdoor collection debuts; Tagline: Crafted with Care, Crafted to Last.
1994 Sebago Drysides launches in the Fall catalog.
1995 Sponsors America 3, the first all-women’s syndicate (an America’s Cup contender).
1996-1997 Sponsors Young America, (Pact 95) the New York Yacht Club cyndicate challenger in the Louis Vuitton Cup.
1999 Sebago themed campaign, Maine in America debuts.
2004 The Sebago of today is still selling its classic styles and ever-popular boat shoes in more than 85 countries. Forging a new partnership with a global leader, Sebago found a home as part of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. The Sebago tradition of quality and performance continues with new categories introductions – Casual Marine and Performance Marine. |