About Clarks 1825 on Street in Somerset, England. One idea came to two brothers: shoes. Cyrus and James Clarks invented a slipper from sheepskin offcuts around 200 years ago, therefore cutting waste and inspiring innovation. This ground-breaking idea combined workmanship, conscience, and inventiveness—core principles that set us apart both then and now. Driven by the last two hundred years and inspired by the next, at Clarks they tackle problems differently. From creating the first foot-shaped shoe and advances in comfort technologies to creative cultural alliances and forward-looking social change projects, they are continually extending the envelope to boldly move ahead. Leonardo da Vinci remarked of the human foot, “a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”. Clarks thus look…
