In the world of sandals, hundreds of renowned brands are continually working among other reputable factories doing their best in producing high-quality outdoor-indoor footwear in the worldwide competitive market.
Olukai and Rainbow are two of them, well-known brands that produce keen, and chunky sandals for all sorts of use.
Olukai, a famous brand is inspired by nature, namely the ocean and sand. The company’s slogan is “everybody no matter where they are can live aloha”.
Aloha is a Hawaiian word that means love and friendship.
According to its philosophy, Olukai members are producing their goods with a severe sense of love that is inspired by nature and humanity.
They want to pass these soft and sweet senses through their sandals.
It means when you put on their sandals, you feel like living by the sea, having a very fantastic feeling in terms of natural beauty and comfort.
They believe in working by heart and doing their best through the sandal-making process, which has to be a duty.
This duty is about making goods of the highest quality, and transferring a sense of natural comfort at the same time.
The Hawaiian live among sand and sea, gaining love and kindness from nature, therefore this meticulous feeling has to be passed into their crafts. Consequently, they guarantee their goods due to the promises they have.
Another celebrated company that can be named is Rainbow Sandals.
Not only is this brand international, but also it has a long story behind its name. like other famous brands, this one is also among all that try to be the best in the global market. 
Rainbow Sandals
Jay Sparky, the owner of Rainbow Sandals Inc. started producing and selling six pairs of hand-made sandals in 1972 in a small garage.
He bought the materials by himself and made sandals all by hand. Then he gradually increased the number of pairs and finally, his brand was established in 1974.
His company has been enlarged, by the year 2000 it could be producing two million pairs a year.
Now Rainbow Sandals Inc has become a star company all around the world.
As was discussed, Rainbow Sandals Inc. is one of the top factories that make high-quality sandals with a huge degree of comfort.
There is a lovely quotation by Jay Sparky, the owner of Rainbow Sandals Inc.
that says: “We are interested in receiving letters from people who write us about our sandals and their experiences they walk on with.
All Rainbow Sandals’ customers say they love their goods, and we hope you love them too”.
A very smart humanitarian program was run in the company under the title of “repair, reuse, recycle” around 40 years ago.
In those times, Jay found a sandal that had been left like trash.
He took it to his garage and try to repair it.
He himself says that the process of the repair-reuse-recycle program took a lot of time due to some reasons.
He had to formulate glue for fixing the sandal, formulate a sponge rubber to put in it to make it usable, and other things such as finding the best-needed fibers, using necessary items for sandal pieces to hold them tightly together, etc.
After doing all these steps, he donate the repaired sandals to poor people, homeless guys, and victims of disasters like wars, tsunamis, earthquakes, and so forth.
On April 29, 2022, Rainbow Sandals donates a hundred pairs of this program to Ukrainian refugees through a non-profit organization, NGO. 
Keen Sandals
Here we are supposed to introduce a nature-lover brand, Keen Footwear company that produces sandals and shoes.
There is a beautiful sentence you can see on the website; We are not here to make shoes, we are here to make a difference where we are good at it because we love making shoes.
The first focus they have is on a general concept, “outside”.
They think outside is much more better than inside, because we spend most of our time and do most of our daily actions outside.
They believe we can make outside a better place for people who are having time out there.
Another notion they have come up with is the land.
Keen wants to produce perfect shoes and sandals to protect the land and keep our natural environment safe.
So by these unique ideas, they started their production, following the mentioned rules.
Consequently, Keen Company is stood on two fundamental bases, doing the right things and working with conscience.
The company also admires people who have no ceiling and live outside.
They have great empathy with the homeless, trying to make nature clean and protect it, not only by producing eco-friendly goods but also by cleaning up the ecosystem, where we live in.
Due to these reasons, Earth day might be considered the most important day of the year. 
Sandals Olukai
As it was cited above in this article, Olukai is a well-known sandal factory that has been inspired by nature, specifically oceans, sand, and seas.
Therefore, sandals’ categories have been chosen by nature inspiration such as Saddle-inspired stitching and inspired by the islands.
The products’ names are also driven by the Hawaiian language, for example, Kīpe‘a Heu, ‘Imaka, Kūlapa Kai, and Nu‘a Pi‘o.
the company produces sandals in two main categories; men, and women.
Sandals for men would be divided into some subcategories, namely leather sandals, beach sandals, arch support sandals, and slide sandals.
Women’s part has the same subcategories as men’s with some more items. Strappy sandals and wedge sandals are extra items in women’s.
Olukai has highly-talented designers and physicians who consider both the beauty of the goods and the comfort.
Anatomical conditions have to be set with the right position of the feet.
Sandals are needed to prevent body pressure and slipping.
Also, they have to be elegant and fashionable.
Having them together makes the work difficult when it comes to individuals’ tastes.
Conclusively, lots of parameters are going to be concentrated to have an ideal sandal based on nature-inspired items.
That is the way Olukai sandals company works. 
Chunky Sandals
The use of chunky sandals was going trend in the 90s when many other types and styles of footwear were so popular.
This type of sandals is also known as platform sandals.
They were used by dads at first because it contains a very thick base that can handle the men’s weight and balance; they were highly comfortable.
As fashion advanced, designers and fashion stylish managers had taught something new and somehow strange.
As you know, the world of fashion is defined as an organization that tries to make things trend and glorious to people’s eyes.
Sometimes delicate, thin, and gentle footwear are going to trend, while other times fashion is on thick, hard, and tough ones.
Besides, we have seen a combination of both will be the trend.
Not only were chunky sandals stylish and fashionable in the 90s, but also they still are popular and favorite.
One of the reasons why chunky sandals are popular is that they can easily fit with various types of outfits, no matter it is for men or women.
The other reason is that a couple of chunky sandal types are available in the market that can help people to have a wide range of selections due to their personal styles.
One of the crucial points is their cost, they are affordable and people can have them for under $300.
Most original chunky sandals are included a thick sole with a soft footbed that gives you a sense of strength, support, and comfort. 
Jesus Sandals
Have you known that Jesus wore sandals and this fact came to the Bible in some texts? There are some documents left from the time Jesus lived and they show he walked in sandals.
Simple and easy-made ones that are produced of natural materials namely animals’ skin and plant fibers.
Based on what we can conclude from the Bible lines and collected evidence, Jesus wore a kind of ancient sandals as most people lived there at that time.
Sandals, in the past, were a commonly use footwear for people who live in the caves, rode horses and camels, and lived in deserts or plains.
At present, Jesus' sandals are accessible, donated to Prüm Abbey by Pope Zachary during the years 741–752 and Pope Stephen II during 752–757.
In those times, these kinds of sandals were made of raw leather, grass, and inexpensive materials.
Therefore, they were cheap and affordable.
Gradually, in the 60s, an American street band started wearing this kind of sandals, introducing them to the world of fashion.
Sandals were mostly produced in Asia and Mexico and imported to the United States of America.
They were firstly used by street hippies who had a weird style like long outfits and hair.
As time passed, this kind became accepted by fashion and slowly turned into a trend.
Jesus sandals have two straps that are fastened back and front of the foot.
It also has a V-shape on the front side of it.
The straps are usually made out of colored leather and would be listed among comfortable sandals. 
Fitflop Sandals
A lot of footwear brands are doing their best to give you a pair of sandals that will be a memorial to you.
One of those brands is Fitflop Sandals Company.
It claims that the products are scientifically designed and ergonomically engineered.
Their main aim in producing sandals is to give you a great sense of comfort while you are walking around.
Due to Fitflop Sandals’ strategy, they meticulously concentrate on natural body movements, then have a complex plan to engineer sandals, and finally have a perfect product on every level.
Through the processes, ergonomists experiment stages to analyze sandals based on an individual’s body structure, physicians test them among some workouts and practices, and designers give their ultimate work according to the beauty of mentioned sandals.
It is proven by what they wrote on their website, “we believe shoes are not good and comfortable when you are wearing them much, and we have an excellent alternative that is sandals, those who are making with the latest science base and the most advanced technology.
Putting them on can bring you a great feeling and leads you to dream.
Our mission is to increase the energy of the world and help you to have a better life and better condition by wearing our hi-tech sandals”.
FitFlop Anatomicush™ technology is one out of many world-class science methods the company use to make super-flexible sole for the sandals.
Fitflop Sandals Company offers both men and women a dozen types of sandals in some categories like flip-flops, platform and wedge sandals, toe-post sandals, slide sandals, and back-strap sandals. 
Dior Sandals
It is undoubtedly accepted by almost all fashion designers and followers that Dior is one of the most unreachable names in the world of brands.
Dior is a renowned company providing luxury women’s wear, like sandals, that is using the best materials exist all around the world.
This famous fashion company was established by a French Christian Dior, a highly talented designer and artist whose dream was to make women much more beautiful and help them to dream.
Although he has a very tough life, he learned how to be strong and follow his heart.
Finally, he opened his fashion house in 1947.
From that time on, the concept of French fashion completely changed to a new definition Christian made, The New Look. These days, an effective factor in worldwide fashion especially in France is The New Look.
He gradually started expanding his business in various ways of clothing.
Unfortunately, Christian Dior passed away soon from a heart attack and that was shockingly sad to his followers and colleagues.
After that, his main colleagues included six people following the company rules in different directions.
Christian Dior Company is now a very huge holding with several branches all over the world providing countless fashion items such as shoes, sandals, bags, jewelry, accessories, etc.
Nowadays, Dior sandals are listed in the shoe category containing hundreds of types, colors, materials, and styles.
Dior sandals are divided into men, women, and kids, each of which has a lot of goods in many themes.
They are made of number-one materials namely the best leather, satin, velvet, and so forth. 
Clarks Sandals
Cyrus and James Clark Company, also known as Clarks, has long-term experience in making shoes and sandals.
It comes back to around 200 years ago when Cyrus and James Clark made their first shoes out of sheepskin in England.
The company, like other celebrated brands, thinks of the human foot carefully.
Based on Leonardo da Vinci’s description, “human foot is a work of art and engineering masterpiece”, Clarks Company takes all scientific attention and ergonomic structures into consideration when making footwear.
The company believes in studying the human foot from cradle to old age, collecting scientific data, analyzing it, and consequently implementing it on production lines.
Therefore, what comes out of the company as a product, must be the best good ever.
At the present time, hundreds of Clarks’ branches are accessible in the most prominent cities of the world.
The products’ fame comes from their simplicity.
Simple shoes and sandals there have always had customers from the four corners of the Earth. Clarks’ shoes and sandals have always been different because their team has always done the job differently and this is why Clarks is an endless famous brand.
With the advancement of technology, the company uses another different method in making footwear which is 3D printing.
In this method, the shape of the human foot will be scanned by 3D scanners, giving the tiniest pieces of information to a computer, then the final format is produced that almost a hundred percent matches with the real case of scanning.
Clarks’ sandals came to the market in the twentieth century, suitable for girls and boys.
They had two essential features; medical sole and flexibility.
Time passed, but Clarks is still working with the same, even much more, reputation among all other brands. 
Doc Marten Sandals
Doc Marten is an old English shoe-making company that started its manufacturing in 1947 in Germany.
This company began its business by making simple work shoes with a thick heavy base and a flexible leather covering.
This type of work shoes could protect workers and keep their feet safe in the workplace.
Doc Marten’s brand company was moved to England in the 50s.
Sandals and shoes of this brand have great fame and popularity among English people and people throughout the world, due to their relationship with local English music.
Besides, it has a great number of fans and consumers who use this company's goods, because Doc Marten’s commodities can simply fit with almost every style, whether it is casual or formal.
In today’s world, people from every age level can easily fit their clothes with Doc Marten’s goods. Not only have they an integrated sole, but also there is an elegant yellow yarn or thread stitched around the base.
It has to be said that the black color in Doc Marten’s goods is among the most common and widely popular ones throughout the world.
Simplicity, high quality (using the best material in production), well-known brand, and having some local cultural similarities are the main reasons that Doc Marten gradually gained and keep its position firm among star brands in the same business.
Like every famous brand, Doc Marten has also faced some challenges.
In 2003, the company has almost been bankrupt and was forced to close five stores including one thousand employees.
After a year in 2004, it gained back its fame and started a new production line in England.
At that time, only 50 pairs of goods were produced that could meet the local needs.
But the company has been gradually developed now millions of pairs are being manufactured in a year and customers from all around the world have innumerable orders and needs sent to the company’s branches. 
Chaco Sandals
Have you ever experienced one of the best sandals all over the world? That is Chaco, a highly reputable company in making sandals for almost ever.
The very main idea came to a rafting guide’s mind in Colorado, in 1989.
He had an overlook on the cliffs, that was given him the notion to create footwear that is suitable for outdoor, when you use it in the water, sand, etc.
He then put a name for his idea and that was Chaco.
Now this company is among the best ones in making sandals due to durability, sustainability, and other kinds of support.
The general structure is made of two parts; an extremely hard-wearing sole and a long-lasting strap.
These parts are well-made to prevent any sort of probable problems to your feet and give you great comfort.
Chaco does not make sandals for a while, it makes sandals forever.
It believes you need to live in comfort as long as you have one pair. In addition, Chaco will give you some VIP options nowhere else you can find them.
One of them is the customer auto-designing part.
In this part, the only thing you need to do is go online to the Chaco website, design your ideal sandals, and finally deliver the customized sandals from the company.
So it is the first option; you design, we make.
Another option Chaco offer you is using a customer’s right that is called the repair-reuse-reChaco program.
With this program, customers are able to send their sandals to the company, after years of nonstop use, to be checked and upgraded.
It will be repaired in the case of any problems, ready to be used again by adjusting some factors that might have been changed during the years.
For example, if the sole has been cracked or has any accidental damage, the company designs a new one based on your ergonomic foot and replaces it with the old one.
If straps have been loosening, they will be repaired or modified to make them ready again.
In a nutshell, if your Chaco sandals have any problems, they are absolutely reChaco! 
Sandals Steve Madden
A man who cannot be described in a word, Steve Madden.
Having an innate sense of fashion namely clothes, bags, shoes, and sandals, Steve Madden always knows his favorite style, what is happening in the fashion world, and what people especially girls and women are looking to wear.
Although Steve Madden now is a celebrated brand and contains hundreds of branches throughout the world, he has had some serious failures and also great successes.
He is known as an iconic businessman and designer that Hollywood broadcasted a documentary film about him.
In 1990, he started running his brand in New York, designing mostly girl's and women’s wear, and making them at once.
Nowadays, Steve Madden’s brand with 200 stores in the US and more than 250 stores in other countries, providing several fashion services and items such as sandals.
The brand is mostly focused on high heels, but it also has a variety of mid-heels and platforms.
One of Steve Madden’s characteristics is how it makes sandals. Detailed! Yes, its sandals are deeply detailed including tiny eye-catching decorative particles gathering them together, forming super gorgeous footwear that is every girl and woman’s wish.
These shiny ones are easily set with all kinds of dresses and shorts. Sandals of the brand company are totally appropriate for summer days, spring trips, party nights, and everywhere or every time else a female wants to be noticeable in public.
It is good to hear that not only makes Steve Madden company its footwear with the most perfect materials, but they also are available at a reasonable price. 
Reef Sandals
Did you hear the story of Reef? It began in 1984, when two brothers from South America, Fernando and Santiago Aguerre, thought about making sandals with love and nature friendship.
They walked everywhere and had a great thirst for swimming and surfing, so they gain a lot of experiences of walking and surfing in their lifetime.
Gradually, the idea of sandals creation came to their mind and they decided to make them comfortable, protective, suitable for walking and surfing, and importantly safe for nature.
They believed there is a powerful connection between vibes and the beaches.
Consequently, they initiated their duty to keep the water clean by producing eco-friendly sandals.
Therefore, they redefined, reengineered, and redesigned every single element of sandals, analyzing and modifying their components and adjusting them as well as possible.
According to their extreme attention to every detail, Reef sandals could be listed among the super perfect ones; they are much more comfortable and technically superior to similar brands.
In conclusion, the story of Reef Sandals which has begun in 1984, has now become a celebrated brand company that most people know all around the globe, admiring it for the quality the sandals have, not to mention noticing nature and caring the water.
Reef’s ecosystemic concern has always been acclaimed by both eco-friendly governmental and non-governmental organizations. 
Crocs Sandals
Comfort is the basic element that forms Crocs Sandals Inc.
This well-known company has a severe focus on the concept of “comfort” on every level.
The company believes that comfort is a key to happiness.
In order to gain happiness and have a happier world, we need to raise the degree of comfort.
Crocs is always looking for everything that is related to comfort.
It contains new technologies, revolutionary methods, outstanding ideas, and so on to help the company make more comfortable sandals and shoes.
Due to its concerns, and comfort, Crocs Inc. works on three major parts; families, animals, and the environment.
It means that the only duty of the company is to give comfort to these three groups.
Some of the company’s jobs are voluntarily done by those who have the same concerns.
The company says that “we ran it in 2002 to make people comfortable, while this big event makes others uncomfortable!” due to the super comfortable commodities and high quality used materials.
There is a brilliant slogan on the company’s website; it’s the shoes that make us different and it’s the people that make us special.
Besides all features we mentioned in the previous lines, there is another positive point in Crocs Sandals Company is the price of the commodities.
Not only are most products number one in quality, but they are also affordable and the majority of people can have at least one pair. 
Merrell Sandals
The story of Merrell Sandals began in 1981 when two managers of two other factories decided to run their common business together by producing well-made hiking boots.
They, then, joined Merrell Company and tried to have effective cooperation with Merrell.
In 1982, they launched a production hiking-boot line with a great difference.
The new production line made affordable boots.
In other words, sport-interested people and athletes who were not able to purchase former hiking boots due to their high cost could buy the new ones with less amount of money.
In 1997, the company has been put under a huge shoe company that was known as Wolverine World Wide.
The simple power of being is the philosophy of Merrell Sandals Company.
The company believes they have to share this gentle feeling with the world outside and outdoors. They want to give the customers everything needed to explore the outdoors, with no exception of being white or black, male or female, rich or poor, and so forth.
Walking, daily exercises, and every sort of body movement require some necessities one of the most essential is having footwear that looks good in every way.
The company has a duty to make it for you to walk out and find your simple power of being through your personal experiences.
Their task is to provide good vibes by making shoes and sandals of the highest quality and the best performance. Merrell sandals are a great combination of comfort and technology.
It makes sandals with the latest scientific experiments on the human foot and updated engineering of sandals structures.
Merrell provides its goods for both males and females.
If ladies are about to have a friendly trip, summer walk, a town tour, or even an adventurous trail in the water or sand, they can easily take a look at the Merrell sandals collection and fit them with every probable outfit they are interested in. 
New Balance Sandals
New Balance Inc. is a footwear-making company that is located in the USA.
The company says we are not here to make sneakers, we are here to help those people who have a big dream and great goal; we are here to support them in keep on moving and trying to achieve their targets.
New Balance factory is majorly making footwear for athletes and sports lovers, using advanced technology and sportsmen experiences.
People who are not afraid of failure in the competitions and follow their dreams of success are the main cases that New Balance is working for.
New Balance hopes to help people with meaningful purposes and consequently make a better community first, and then have a better planet.
New Balance has a certain focus on the concept of “movement”.
They think every individual that has movement, is about to try and keep going.
So they need to be supported and fully encouraged to continue this prominent path.
From this perspective, New Balance has a great experience in making shoes and sandals.
Although New Balance is the only major factory making shoes and sandals, it has no acceptable international sales and mostly meets domestic needs.
What is highly honorable in New Balance is that all commodities have been labeled as made in the USA. New Balance provides sandals of various types for men and women, namely running sandals, trail sandals, lifestyle sandals, large size sandals, etc.
for men and skate sandals, chunky sandals, outlet sandals, and so on for women. 
Conclusion
In the preceding paragraphs, we tried to discuss many different kinds of sandals like their shape, color, size, quality, usage, etc.
Also, we explained the way how they are made, the process of using materials used in sandals, the quality and quantity of materials like sponge rubber or fibers combined, the arrangement of putting sole, straps, and other elements together to make perfect sandals, and so on.
Then, we fully introduced some celebrated sandal brands, their fantastic histories and beautiful stories, described every single company’s philosophy and concepts they are following, the variety of goods collections each company has, their range of domestic and international markets, and more. We also tried to focus on some commonly used and popular sandals like chunky sandals, Jesus sandals, and flip-flops.
We introduced some star brands such as Olukai Company, Rainbow Sandals, Keen Factory, Dior Corporation, Clarks Firm, Doc Marten Team, Steve Madden Business, Chaco, Reef, Crocs, Merrell, and New Balance Sandals Company.
One nice point that has been agreed upon about all renowned brands was that almost all have a center philosophy and a thought-provoking concept.
Most concepts are about the protection of the environment and our planet.
Others concern health and sport, while some focus on the pursuit of dreams and achieving goals.
In conclusion, they are all competing to provide a better service, a better commodity, by using the latest technological information and super-advanced methods in creating world-class footwear.
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