Sandals Golden Way - Lace Up - Beads Accessory - Fairtrade

These Lace Up Sandals Golden Way in 3 steps consist in: the leather bases, cotton straps and beads ornament. Pull the ends of the straps through the base's 5 rings to create trendy styles. Adorned your fairtrade sandals with one of the beautiful beads accessories.

All parts of these handmade Guatemalan Sandals are handmade by craftsmen in small towns in Guatemala.

The sandals consist in three parts:

1- The bases: The bottom of the base (sole) is of strong rubber. The upper side is of 100% soft leather and is available in the colors black, dark brown and caramel. Handmade by 'zapateros' shoemakers in Mixco.

2- The cotton straps: are handwoven of strong 100% cotton in beautiful designs and colors by Mayan weavers.

3- Ornament: The sandals can be adorned with pretty bead and coins accessories of beads or coins handmade by Mayan craftswomen.

Every order contains: 1 pair bases, 1 pair cotton straps, 1 pair accessories and 1 sandals bag.

Sandals Care:

• The Cotton straps are colorfast. We recommend washing them by hand or machine with cold or warm water, do not use a dryer.
• Wash the leather bases if needed, but Do not immerse in water.

Source: Quetzal Artisan

Brand: Quetzal Artisan is a brand that brings handmade and hand-woven products from North, Central and South America to Europe. The goal of Quetzal Artisan is to stimulate fair trade and to give real craftsmanship a stage. Quetzal Artisan has different collections that all try to make the world a bit better in their own way. 

Fair Trade: The wool collection is designed and woven by women in Canada and the Guatemalan textile collection is made by skilled women from Guatemala. The Guatemalan women make beautiful designs that combine traditional and modern and they get paid fair wages for their work, which ensures that they can support their children. 

Environmentally Friendly: For the wool collection Quetzal Artisan uses materials such as bamboo, alpaca wool, and organic cotton, which are spun in the Andes mountains of South America. For the Guatemalan collection, they only use natural materials such as cotton and viscose, and they paint by hand using natural paint products such as tree bark and flowers.