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Our history

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A glimpse of the beginning

Reinventing the embroidered shoe

It all started with an idea and with a “jump into the pool”… Like that, like crazy…

We had always liked this type of embroidered shoe, but we wanted it with better quality, different designs, different patterns, lasts, soles...

And, no matter how much we searched, IT DID NOT EXIST...

Therefore, we decided to create our Dalmatans.

At that moment, we didn't know what we were getting into... (and today, neither...)

Before launching into big production, we had to prove that people wanted the same thing as us.

We looked for an artisan in Southeast Asia and made a small production with pre-existing designs, modifying some details.

We started testing it among people and, above all, listening to what they wanted.

We were soon left without any. And we had thousands of improvement proposals. "So, what can we do now?"

That's where the great adventure REALLY began.

"Give me the shoe and I will paint the person"

- Pablo Picasso -
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Next step

How to achieve what the client wants

We began to implement the changes you asked of us little by little. First the insoles, then the lasts (made from the beginning in Spain), then the patterns, we incorporate our own designs, we add new shoe shapes, etc. Until deciding to manufacture in Spain to ensure BETTER QUALITY and rely on artisans from our country. Without a doubt, the latter is being the biggest challenge!

Chronology of the road...

2019

Suddenly the idea came

And we started doing the first tests, manufacturing some models for girls and women.

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2020 Precovid

First changes

We started changing the templates, adding our logo and brand and we started manufacturing a second production.

2020 POSTCOVID

More sales

The pandemic delayed the delivery a lot, but it finally arrived. This second production already incorporated some of its own design. And that summer everything was sold.

2021

New lasts

We made two lasts in Spain (pointed and round) and began to design based on new patterns.

2022

New soles and designs

We changed the soles and materials, we incorporated the flat heel with more height, which you asked so much, and we started manufacturing only our designs.

2023-2024

CHANGE TO SPAIN

To improve processes and qualities we decided to manufacture in Spain. We visited factories and talked to many experts. Our product was (and is) not easy to assemble... and this work is being complex.

Future

A thousand challenges

We have many things left to improve and implement. Our shoes have a great artisan component and many stitches. And such meticulous work involves countless adjustments.

That makes us different?

Nobody else does it

Not with this quality, not with these designs, not with these lasts/soles/patterns, not with this exclusivity. We make limited units per model and color combination.

Made in Spain

We design and manufacture the shoe in Spain. The only thing that, today, we work abroad is embroidery and we do it with small communities of artisans specialized in this work (we do not work at all with China).

They reflect a way of being

We are not just a shoe brand. Our Dalmatans define an attitude towards life, the desire to be better, to give of yourself to others, to enjoy, to live, to dream and to dance regardless of what they will say...

Comfort and style

Not only are they exclusive and highlight your personality, but they are also the most comfortable. Some of our clients no longer wear other shoes.

A family project

Who's behind

I am Silvia, "a crazy person" full of ideas and desire to do new things. The project was born hand in hand with my mother, with her unconditional support and daily help. Currently, we both work together as designers, in charge of logistics and operations, responsible for purchasing and above all as constant learners of a sector that we were unaware of until 5 years ago...

Logo

why is it called dalmatan?

Because what defines Dalmatian dogs are their spots that make them UNIQUE. If it weren't for them, they would be white dogs. Beautiful too, but without that original feature.

The same goes for our Dalmatans. If we did not embroider them, they would be simple fabrics (beige, black, gray...), but they would not have that different and daring touch that their embroidery and striking drawings give them.

That is the main reason for our name. The second? We are passionate about dogs and we are always surrounded by one.